Frank O'Hara - A True Account of Talking to the Sun at Fire Island

The Sun woke me this morning loud
and clear, saying “Hey! I’ve been
trying to wake you up for fifteen
minutes. Don’t be so rude, you are
only the second poet I’ve ever chosen
to speak to personally
                                        so why
aren’t you more attentive? If I could
burn you through the window I would
to wake you up. I can’t hang around
Here all day.”

 

                   “Sorry, Sun, I stayed
up late last night talking to Hal.”

 

“When I woke up Mayakovsky he was
a lot more prompt” the S...