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