Richard  Brautigan

AUTOMATIC ANTHOLE

Driven by hunger, I had another
forced bachelor dinner tonite.
I had a lot of trouble making
up my mind whether to eat Chinese
food or have a hamburger.  God,
I hate eating dinner alone.    It's
  like being dead.

THE PILL VERSUS THE SPRINGHILL MINE DISASTER

When you take your pill
it's like a mine disaster.
I think of all of the people
lost inside of you.

WIDOW'S LAMENT

It's not quite cold enough
to go borrow some firewood
from the neighbors .

LOVE POEM

It's so nice
to wake up in the morning
all alone
and not have to tell somebody
you love them
when you don't love them anymore.