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