Poem by Richard Brautigan

The Final Ride

The act of dying
is like hitch-hiking
into a strange town
late at night
where it is cold
and raining,
and you are alone
again.

Suddenly
all the street lamps
go out
and everything
becomes dark,
so dark
that even the buildings
are afraid
of one another.

1. The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster
2. Deer Tracks
3. -2
4. My Nose Is Growing Old
5. Kafka's Hat

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