Healing Holistix

"A far cry from Dorothy Richardson, she said laffing."

The Galilee Hitch-Hiker By Richard Brautigan
Part 1

Baudelaire was
driving a Model A
across Galilee.
He picked up a
hitch-hiker named
Jesus who had
been standing among
a school of fish,
feeding them
pieces of bread.
'Where are you
going?' asked
Jesus, getting
into the front
seat.
'Anywhere, anywhere
out of this world!'
shouted
Baudelaire.
'I'll go with you
as far as
Golgotha,'
said Jesus.
'I have a
concession
at the carnival
there, and I
must not be
late.'


The American Hotel
Part 2

Baudelaire was sitting
in a doorway with a wino
on San Fransisco's skid row.
The wino was a million
years old and could remember
dinosaurs.Baudelaire and the wino
were drinking Petri Muscatel.
'One must always be drunk,'
said Baudelaire.
'I live in the American Hotel,'
said the wino. 'And I can
remember dinosaurs.'
'Be you drunken ceaselessly,'
said Baudelaire.


1939
Part 3

Baudelaire used to come
to our house and watch
me grind coffee.
That was in 1939
and we lived in the slums
of Tacoma.
My mother would put
the coffee beans in the grinder.
I was a child
and would turn the handle,
pretending that it was
a hurdy-gurdy,
and Baudelaire would pretend
that he was a monkey,
hopping up and down
and holding out
a tin cup.


The Flowerburgers
Part 4

Baudelaire opened
up a hamburger stand
in San Fransisco,
but he put flowers
between the buns.
People would come in
and say, 'Give me a
hamburger with plenty
of onions on it.'
Baudelaire would give
them a flowerburger
instead and the people
would say, 'What kind
of a hamburger stand
is this?'


The Hour of Eternity
Part 5

'The Chinese
read the time
in the eyes
of cats,'
said Baudelaire
and went into
a jewelry store
on Market Street.
He came out
a few moments
later carrying
a twenty-one
jewel Siamese
cat that he
wore on the
end of a
golden chain.

thank you for making me look up Baudelaire, I now understand the flower burgers. xx

and i know nothing, except that the opposite of irony is wrinkly....and that when you find yourself going nihilistix...there is always a seal, and a flower burger and a deep sea diving friend,
worth breathing for.
i love you all
i love you
ilu
pls note-the above was written by Richard Brautigan.

I can't remember seeing this before!
It's great - love 'em all!

Me, too.

I love that ! I am going to have to do a bit of research!

It's kind of nice loosing your mind. I read this with great interest and very little recall
I like it too and was just having a Richard Brautigan appreciation day. That guy was one wild axx. I told you the story about meeting him, eh?
xoxox