I go to bed in Los Angeles thinking
about you.
Pissing a few moments ago
I looked down at my penis
affectionately.
Knowing it has been inside
you twice today makes me
feel beautiful.
3 A.M.
January 15, 1967
The Beautiful Poem
Analysis, meaning and summary of Richard Brautigan's poem The Beautiful Poem
1 Comment
Leave a Reply
Do you have any comments, criticism, paraphrasis or analysis of this poem that you feel would assist other visitors in understanding the meaning or the theme of this poem by Richard Brautigan better? If accepted, your analysis will be added to this page of American Poems. Together we can build a wealth of information, but it will take some discipline and determination.
This poem is damn cheap. Richard, you are one f***** of a man. Can’t you do better than that? You are killing poetry and beauty. Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!!!!!!