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