A sombrero fell out of the sky and landed on the main street of town in front of the mayor, his cousin, and a person out of work. The day was scrubbed clean by the desert air. The sky was blue. It was the blue of human eyes, waiting for something to happen. There was no reason for a sombrero to fall out of the sky. No airplane or helicopter was passing overhead and it was not a religious holiday.
Richard BrautiganThe bookstore was a parking lot for used graveyards. Thousands of graveyards were parked in rows like cars. Most of the books were out of print, and no one wanted to read them any more and the people who had read the books had died or forgotten about them, but through the organic process of music the books had become virgins again.
Richard BrautiganThis morning I saw a coyote walking through the sagebrush right at the very edge of the ocean โ next stop China. The coyote was acting like he was in New Mexico or Wyoming, except that there were whales passing below. Thatโs what this country does for you. Come down to Big Sur and let your soul have some room to get outside its marrow.
Richard Brautigan