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