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