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Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork

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Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork
First edition
AuthorRichard Brautigan
Cover artistErik Weber
LanguageEnglish
GenrePoetry
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
1976
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages127
ISBN0-671-22263-5
OCLC2006053
811/.5/4
LC ClassPS3503.R2736 L6

Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork is Richard Brautigan's ninth poetry publication. Published in 1976, the book includes 127 poems.[1] The four line title poem discusses the effort and interest in undertaking an obviously impossible task, such as loading the liquid metal Mercury using only a pitchfork.

   Loading mercury with a pitchfork
   your truck is almost full. The neighbors
   take a certain pride in you. They
        stand around watching.
"Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork" (1971)[1]

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