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