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