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