Melancholy Breakfast

Portrait of Frank O'Hara
Frank O'Hara 1926–1966

Melancholy breakfast blue overhead blue underneath

the silent egg thinks and the toaster's electrical ear waits

the stars are in "that cloud is hid"

the elements of disbelief are very strong in the morning

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