One of my favorite Richard Brautigan stories is The Kool-Aid Wino from his book Trout Fishing in America.
I used to see Richard occasionally at the Eagles Club in Bozeman Montana. He was teaching a writing course at the university. They had great burgers and beer at the Eagles back then. On Friday's you could head across the street to the Bozeman Hotel / Rosie's Cantina for nickle beer night. People would spill out of that small bar into the street on warm Fridays. It was a great time.
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I know a person who once mixed a batch of Koolaid in a wheelbarrow when he was a small fry. His friend and him apparently couldn't find a pitcher, or maybe it made perfect sense to a 4 year old.
"Let's make a big batch of Kool-aid and share it with our friends!"
"Okay but we need a container."
"How about this wheelbarrow?"
"Great! Then we can deliver it."
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"He created his own Kool-Aid reality
and
was able to illuminate himself by it".
Richard Brautigan "Trout Fishing In America"
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I'm all hopped on green Kool-aid tonight.
Yippeee!!!
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