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