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