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