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