ext_198163 ([identity profile] hipsunderhands.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] greatpoetry2005-03-22 03:21 pm
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Richard Brautigan's "The Final Ride"

The Final Ride

The act of dying
is like hitch-hiking
into a strange town
late at night
where it is cold
and raining,
and you are alone
again.

Suddenly
all of the street lamps
go out
and everything
becomes dark,

so dark
that even the buildings
are afraid

of one another.

[identity profile] insidiousintent.livejournal.com 2005-03-23 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
scary... i like it!

[identity profile] amieinstereo.livejournal.com 2005-03-25 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
i love this!
Brautigan is a favorite of mine.
Do you know where this poem appeared?