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