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