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I saw thousands of pumpkins last night come floating in on the tide, bumping up against the rocks and rolling up on the beaches it must be Halloween in the sea

Richard Brautigan

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Richard Brautigan
Age: 49 †
Born: 1935
Born: January 30
Died: 1984
Died: October 25
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Tacoma
Washington
Richard Gary Brautigan
Sea
Pumpkin
Rocks
Tide
Saws
Halloween
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Tides
Last
Floating
Night
Rolling
Pumpkins
Come
Beach
Bumping
Must
Thousands
Beaches

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