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