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