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