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