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