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