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