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