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