{\rtf1\fbidis\ansi\ansicpg1250\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fmodern Courier New;}{\f1\fnil\fprq2\fcharset2 Animals 1;}{\f2\fswiss\fprq2\fcharset238{\*\fname Arial;}Arial CE;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\ltrpar\f0\fs20\par \par \par \par \par \par \pard\ltrpar\qc\cf1\f1\fs144 u\cf0\f0\fs20\par \pard\ltrpar\par \par \par \par \par \par \cf1\par \par \f2\fs28\tab\b THE POMEGRANATE CIRCUS,\b0 \par \tab\tab\tab\tab\tab by Richard Brautigen\par \par \tab I am desolate in dimension\par \tab circling the sky\par \tab\tab\tab\tab like a rainy bird,\par \par \tab wet from toe to crown,\par \tab wet from bill to wing.\par \par \tab I feel like the drowned king\par \tab at the pomegranate circus.\par \par \tab I vowed last year \par \tab that I wouldn't go again,\par \tab but here I sit in my usual seat,\par \tab dripping and clapping\par \par \tab as the pomegranates go by\par \tab in their metallic costumes.\f0\fs20\par }