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