Comets by Richard Brautigan There are comets that flash through our mouths wearing the grace of oceans and galaxies God knows, we try to do the best we can. There are comets connected to chemicals that telescope down our tongues to burn out against the air. I know we do. There are comets that laugh at us from behind our teeth wearing the clothes of fish and birds. We try. ["The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster" by Richard Brautigan, Dell,1973]