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