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