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Trick or Treating Down to the Sea In Ships

Trick or Treating Down to the Sea In Ships

Richard Brautigan
From Revenge of the Lawn

As a child, I used to play Halloween as if I were a sailor and go trick or treating down to the sea in ships. My sack of candy and things were at the wheel and my Halloween mask was sails cutting through the beautiful autumn night with lights on front porches like ports of call.

Trickortreat was the captain of our ship, saying “We are only going to be in this port for a short time. I want all of you to go ashore and have a good time. Just remember we sail on the morning tide.” My God, he was right! We sailed on the morning tide.

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jae lethe (he/she/they) is a blogger, musician, artist, poet, web developer/designer, armchair philosophizer, teller of tales, and gadabout. Also, something he calls a "behavioral artist." (Not sure.) She has plans. BIG plans.

Among the things that he has done for a laugh are minor fractures, cuts, scrapes, and various scabs. Though she's quick to point out that they're no imbecile, we're fairly certain that he thinks the word means some kind of medieval pharmacist.

This is her latest home on teh internets - where jae stores their swear words, when they're not hurling them at the sun in vain.

4 replies on “Trick or Treating Down to the Sea In Ships”

A vastly underrated writer. Have you read his book of poetry called the Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster? He’s partly why I started to write poetry.

Do you know why he killed himself. I’ve heard 5 different stories and don’t know which to believe.

i hear he was depressed that his books were out of print. he had to go to the library just to find his own books. he had a history of alcoholism, though.

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