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