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