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