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