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