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