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