Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork
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Author | Richard Brautigan |
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Cover artist | Erik Weber |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Poetry |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | 1976 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
Pages | 127 |
ISBN | 0-671-22263-5 |
OCLC | 2006053 |
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LC Class | PS3503.R2736 L6 |
Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork is Richard Brautigan's ninth poetry publication. Published in 1976, the book includes 127 poems.[1] The four line title poem discusses the effort and interest in undertaking an obviously impossible task, such as loading the liquid metal Mercury using only a pitchfork.
Loading mercury with a pitchfork
your truck is almost full. The neighbors
take a certain pride in you. They
stand around watching.
"Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork" (1971)[1]
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