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