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