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