an anecdote           
                                          
 today it rained, and i  would go outside 
 i  thought, so i  smoked a pipe and  got 
 dressed,  and  outside  the   rain   had 
 turned into snow so  thick  that  it was 
 as dense fog ... and then i went  to get 
 the mail,  but there was  a woman and we 
 talked  a little. now because i was high 
 and it was snowing  so funny  and  i had 
 an umbrella against the snow,  but  snow 
 all over my face anyway, and  i wondered 
        about myself, and my life