Joanne Kyger
Don Allen
Once he took Richard Brautigan and I north out into the wine country
circa 1964 when it was really empty and spring blossoms were on the trees
He'd point and Richard and I would run out from the car
and hack away at all the branches we could find and finally
the car was all filled up
When he dropped us off in the city
He took just one very shapely branch
& left us on the sidewalk
with this huge mound
of drooping blossoms and greenery
and drove off into the night