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