<brautigan's "the castle of the cormorants"> 2003-03-15.12:13 a.m. The Castle of the Cormorants Richard Brautigan Hamlet with a cormorant under his arm married Ophelia. She was still wet from drowning. She looked like a white flower that had been left in the rain too long I love you, said Ophelia, and I love that dark bird you hold in your arms. Big Sur February 1958 back /& forth /& frosting names are often sad