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