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December 30

by Richard Brautigan

Richard Brautigan

At 1:30 in the morning a fart
smells like a marriage between
an avocado and a fish head.

I have to get out of bed
to write this down without
my glasses on.




Quotes of the Day

I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.
• Elayne Boosler


Poems of the Day
  • James Whitcomb Riley
    If I Knew What Poets Know
    by James Whitcomb Riley
    If I knew what poets know, Would I write a rhyme Of the buds that never blow In the summer-time? Would I sing of golden seeds Springing up in ironweeds? And of rain-drops turned to snow,