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