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