AUTOBIOGRAPHY (POLISH IT LIKE A PIECE OF SILVER)

Richard BrautiganRichard Brautigan

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I am standing in the cemetery at Byrds, Texas.
What did Judy say? "God-forsaken is beautiful, too."
A very old man who has cancer on his face and takes
care of the cemetery, is raking a grave in such a
manner as to almost (polish it like a piece of silver
Richard Brautigan
About the poet

Richard Brautigan

1935 - 1982/AmericanBorn on January 30th, 1935 in Tacoma, Washington, little is known of his childhood but it is rumored it was a troubled one. Somewhere around 1955-1958, Richard moved to San Francisco, California and became involved in the Beat Movement. In…

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