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