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