“I thought you were a trout stream.”

♦ 9 July , 2018 ♦ 3 Comments

Excerpt from Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan, ©1967:

I remember mistaking an old woman for a trout stream in Vermont, and I had to beg her pardon.

“Excuse me,” I said, “I thought you were a trout stream.”

“I’m not, ” she said.

Almost all of Richard Brautigan’s poetry and novels are available for free download from The Brautigan Archives.

3 Comments

  1. Mona
    9 July , 2018 – 09:17

    this just cracked me up!

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  2. Delilah
    11 July , 2018 – 17:54

    I’m trying to visualize it…

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    • Abbie's Tree House
      13 July , 2018 – 13:37

      There’s a lot of playfulness and nonsense in Richard Brautigan’s works. I think of him as kind of a Beat Dr. Suess. 🙂

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