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