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