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