A Poem to Start the Week

 

Gee, You're so Beautiful It's Starting to Rain
by Richard Brautigan

Oh, Marcia,
I want your long blonde beauty
to be taught in high school,
so kids will learn that God
lives like music in the skin
and sounds like a sunshine harpsichord.
I want high school report cards
     to look like this:
Playing with Gentle Glass Things
     A
Computer Magic
     A
Writing Letters to Those You Love
     A
Finding out about Fish
     A
Marcia’s Long Blonde Beauty
     A+!

from The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster, 1968
Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, NY