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