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