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