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