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