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