Having a Wonderful Time The day is soft and sounds in my ears like all the plants are laughing, the white and pink, purple blossoms splashing around, there are bluebirds soaring high, gently lapping against the skies in summer light. I feel good now like the wind is intertwined among each limb and stretch that feeds the trees, this sun that stretches me as I lean back, mellow as fruit, not a cloud even in the distance, a spark, a thrill, yet still, there’s a beautiful silence when you close your eyes, floating in it.

— Frank O’Hara

• Frank OHara