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