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)
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