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