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