Frank O'Hara - Animals

ANIMALS                                 Have you forgotten what we were like then        when we were still first rate        and the day came fat with an apple in its mouth               it's no use worrying about Time        but we did have a few tricks up our sleeves        and turned some sharp corners              the whole pasture looked like our meal        we didn't need speedometers        we could manage cocktails out of ice and water              I wouldn't want to be faster        or greener than now if you were with me O you        were the best of all my days                                       [1950] From The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara. Copyright © 1971 by Maureen Granville-Smith. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.