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