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