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