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