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