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