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