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