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