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