TWO POEMS BY RICHARD BRAUTIGAN

ROMEO AND JULIET

If you will die for me,
I will die for you

and our graves will
be like two lovers washing
their clothes together
in a laundromat.

If you will bring the soap,
I will bring the bleach

ALL GIRLS SHOULD HAVE A POEM
For Valerie

All girls should have a poem
written for them even if
we have to turn this God-damn world
upside down to do it.

New Mexico March 16, 1969