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