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