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