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