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 .
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 The Diggers and given away for free .
Brautigan gave the poem to The Diggers to include in their August 1968 pamphlet , The Digger Papers .