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