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