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