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