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