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