I saw a cloud moping across
his sky today
that was really an alligator
chewing a cigar.
And when its blue-
yellow belly burst,
it was colder
on my skin
than girls were
to Richard Brautigan
when they realized
he was still in first grade,
only famous.
W.B. Keckler
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/richard-brautigan-alligator-rain-poem/
