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