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