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