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