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