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