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