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