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