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