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