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