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