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" Your Catfish Friend

If I were to live my life
in catfish forms
in scaffolds of skin and whiskers
at the bottom of a pond
and you were to come by
one evening
when the moon was shining
down into my dark home
and stand there at the edge
of my affection
and think, “It's beautiful
here by this pond. I wish
somebody loved me,”
I'd love you and be your catfish
friend and drive such lonely
thoughts from your mind
and suddenly you would be
at peace,
and ask yourself, “I wonder
if there are any catfish
in this pond? It seems like
a perfect place for them. "

Richard Brautigan , The Pill vs. the Springhill Mine Disaster


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Richard Brautigan quote : Your Catfish Friend<br /><br />If I were to live my life<br />in catfish forms<br />in scaffolds of skin and whiskers<br />at the bottom of a pond<br />and you were to come by<br />	one evening<br />when the moon was shining<br />down into my dark home<br />and stand there at the edge<br />	of my affection<br />and think, “It's beautiful<br />here by this pond. I wish<br />	somebody loved me,”<br />I'd love you and be your catfish<br />friend and drive such lonely<br />thoughts from your mind<br />and suddenly you would be<br />	at peace,<br />and ask yourself, “I wonder<br />if there are any catfish<br />in this pond? It seems like<br />a perfect place for them.