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