Carrots

I think the spring of 1968 is a good
time to look into our blood and
see where our hearts are flowing
as these flowers and vegetables
will look into their heart every day
and see the sun reflecting like a
great mirror their desire to live
and be beautiful.

Squash

The time is right to mix sentences
sentences with dirt and the sun
with punctuation and the rain with
verbs, and for worms to pass
through question marks, and the
stars to shine down on budding
nouns, and the dew to form on
paragraphs.

Richard Brautigan. Please plant this book.

Reading Brautigan’s poetry early in the morning. Reading with the eyes, reading with the voice, reading with a pencil.