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