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
Melancholy Breakfast
Analysis, meaning and summary of Frank O'Hara's poem Melancholy Breakfast
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