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