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