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