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