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