From the collection Condensed Matter and Other States of Mind by Douglas A. Fowler, Georgetown, KY: Finishing Line Press, 2005.

In Western Ohio
by Douglas A. Fowler

Summer sundown
green oak islands rise
in the purple orange humidity
of wide cultivated fields.

In the loam between the corn rows
I threw green-white watermelon rinds
and took too much for granted
their red-hearted watery sugar.

I want to push my foot arch
up against your heel, press my nose
over your shoulder, inhale your hair,
and slide my palm over the round
hip cotton of your girlish underwear.

We hear the water-heater percolate.
The furnace flame behind its glass plate
glows blue on the hallway floor.
The cat perambulates the house,
like others hunting in the barns
along Four Mile Creek where
the corn leaves rattle like sabres
in the moon’s liquid wind.

In Western Ohio was suggested and inspired by Richard Brautigan’s In Watermelon Sugar, New York: Dell Publishing, 1974

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books well read is an interesting new site (in beta). it’s a social networking site like myspace or friendster, linkedin, ryze, etc. but it concentrates around books. u can post reviews, create your own ‘bookshelf’ of favs and then find people who enjoy the same authors or types of books. u can also learn about new authors.

there’s no brautigan stuff there yet. i don’t have the time to add it now (busy sending out resumes) so if anyone gets there before me, shoot me an email and i’ll help add (and put some links up).

UPDATE: Diana started a books well read page & put a brautigan book in there but she also told me about library thing. she said the site is more advanced than the one i found and after having a look around i have to agree. they have some great features in there. here’s the direct link to the brautigan search results. have a play and if you want to post your shelf links, please do so by adding the a comment to this page.