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