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