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