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