Romeo and Juliet

Read 'Romeo and Juliet' by 'Richard Brautigan' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Romeo and Juliet by Richard Brautigan

 If you will die for me, 
I will die for you 
and our graves will be like two lovers washing 
their clothes together 
in a laundromat 
If you will bring the soap 
I will bring the bleach.

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