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