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