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