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