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