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