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