Xian created a link to the Brautigan poem, then Cecil added another Brautigan that I have to mention too... he says:
In a related tidbit, Brautigan wrote a poem about his time at the California Institute of Technology. Here 'tis:
At the California Institute of Technology
Richard Brautigan
I don't care how God-damn smart
these guys are: I'm bored.
It's been raining like hell all day long
and there's nothing to do.
Written January 24, 1967
while poet-in-residence at
the California Institute of
Technology.