Sunday, October 27, 2013

Lyric for a Lazy Sunday Afternoon: Richard Brautigan

Photo by Alexander Rapp


"A Baseball Game" Part 7
Baudelaire went
to a baseball game
and bought a hot dog
and lit up a pipe
of opium.
The New York Yankees
were playing
the Detroit Tigers.
In the fourth inning
and angel committed
suicide by jumping
off a low cloud.
The angel landed
on second base,
causing the whole infield
to crack like
a huge mirror.
The game was
called on
account of
fear.
   - Richard Brautigan



Photo by Schyler




lying down
it looks like a handball...
spring mountain 
Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue




best,
Don

 
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4 comments:

  1. Greg KosmickiOctober 27, 2013 at 10:36 PM

    Gotta love Brautigan-- and Issa!

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  2. Issa's Untidy HutOctober 28, 2013 at 8:50 AM

    Yes, in this very odd post season (let's think of that in haiku terms, or simple in terms of nature, eh), Brautigan seems a perfect match. Cheers, Greg.

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  3. BartOctober 28, 2013 at 4:50 PM

    Man this made me smile! I think this Brautigan poem is from The Galilee Hitchhiker.

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  4. Issa's Untidy HutOctober 29, 2013 at 1:26 PM

    Bart:

    There you go ... glad you liked. And it is from Galilee Hitch-Hiker.

    Saw Ron up in Erie when I did a reading in Sept. And you've got a poem coming out in one of the three new issues ... Don

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