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