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