Poetry Your catfish friend - Richard Brautigan

[Snafu in the Void]

If I were to live my life
in catfish form
in scaffolds of skin and whiskers
at the bottom of a pond
and you were to come by
one evening
when the moon was shining
down into my dark home
and stand there at the edge
of my affection
and think, "It's beautiful
here by this pond. I wish
somebody loved me,"
I'd love you and be your catfish friend
and drive such lonely
thoughts from your mind
and suddenly you would be
at peace,
and ask yourself, "I wonder
if there are any catfish
in this pond? It seems like
a perfect place for them."


(I loved this poem and is one of those poems that seems simple but has an unending depth to it...)

 

[darvocet21]

I was introduced to Brautigan by a college girlfriend, who also introduced me to The Smiths and Cat Stevens. I guess I owe her