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