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