This one has been a request of a friend's long before April and National Poetry Month pounced upon me, and since I was eager to include Frank O'Hara in this collection, this just worked out. Rachel Bunting introduced me to Frank's reading of his own piece a little while ago, and it's usually a bad idea to listen to someone else before I record. However, it did help me with the pronunciation in those first lines. rachelbunting.com I love how his complete absence of punctuation speeds up the poem into something of a breathless release of emotion. I did slow it down just a bit so as not to stumble over words. The imagery is from two weeks ago in New York City with our dear Northern Irish Family. All photos, except the two of Frank O'Hara were taken by David of David Alexander Photo and copyright belongs to him. So Mercop, here is your request, dedicated to my dear friends across the Pond. www.davidalexphoto.com Having a Coke with You is even more fun than going to San Sebastian! , Irún, Hendaye, Biarritz, Bayonne or being sick to my stomach on the Travesera de Gracia in Barcelona partly because in your orange shirt you look like a better happier St. Sebastian partly because of my love for you, partly because of your love for yoghurt partly because of the fluoresent orange tulips around the birches partly because of the secrecy our smiles take on before people and statuary it is hard to believe when I'm with you that there can be anything as still as solemn as unpleasantly
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