As the Bruises Fade, the Lightning Aches by Richard Brautigan
As the Bruises Fade, the Lightning Aches
Richard BrautiganAs the bruises fade, the lightning aches.
Last week, making love, you bit me.
Now the blue and dark have gone
and yellow bruises grow toward pale daffodils,
then paler to become until my body
is all my own and what that ever got me.
MARGINALIA
Plans foiled by the little details. But I am still feeling lighter than usual, like my skin and flesh have finally found a way to unclasp themselves from my bones.
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This poem appeared in Rommel Drives on Deep into Egypt by Richard Brautigan, published by Delacorte, 1979. (Available on: Amazon • Bookshop)
ABOUT RICHARD BRAUTIGAN
Richard Brautigan was born in Tacoma, Washington. He had a difficult childhood, and he did not attend college. He is the author of the poetry collections June 30th, June 30th (1978), Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork (1975), The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster (1968), Rommel Drives on Deep Into Egypt (1970), and The San Francisco Weather Report (1969), among others. He continued writing throughout the 1970s, producing such books as Dreaming of Babylon: A Private Eye… (more)
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