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