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