<P> The poem was first published by the Communication Company in 1967, type - written on an 8.5 - by - 11 - inch (216 by 279 mm) mimeographed broadside with both the title and imprint hand - written . </P> <P> It was the title poem in the April 1967 collection of the same name, published in April 1967 . 1,500 copies of the 36 - page work were printed at the Communication Company, and all were given away for free . </P> <P> It was included with the rest of the contents of the 1967 collection, along with other previously published collections and new material, in The Pill versus the Springhill Mine Disaster (1968). </P> <P> Brautigan gave the poem to The Diggers to include in their August 1968 pamphlet, The Digger Papers . The 24 - page pamphlet was published in The Realist issue 81, and another 40,000 copies were printed by the Diggers and given away for free . </P>

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