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