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