Vesuvio Poem # 27

(The Sad Ghost of Richard Brautigan)

by William Taylor Jr.



San Francisco, the last weekend in May.

Today the Golden Gate Bridge
Is 75 years old.

The fog has burned off and the chilly
morning has turned into a lovely
Sunday afternoon.

I sit upstairs at Vesuvio
in my favorite seat

drinking Irish Coffee
and playing with poems
and stories

just above me
the sad ghost of Richard Brautigan
stomps about

moving furniture around
making strange noises
full of laughter and rage

from time to time
he will come downstairs
for another glass of wine

or another order
of flowerburgers.


About William Taylor Jr.


William Taylor Jr. lives in San Francisco. His latest collection of poetry, The Hunger Season, was released by Sunnyoutside in 2009. An Age of Monsters, a collection of short fiction, will be released by Epic Rites in the Fall of 2011. A new book of poetry is in the works. Right now, he should be sleeping, but isn't.