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