I'm not going to cry all the time
nor shall I laugh all the time,
I don't prefer one "strain" to another.
I'd have the immediacy of a bad movie,
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This is the first poem that I encountered when I was younger. Southern California Metro had placed poems throughout various bus lines, and I was completely affected by it. There's such a beauty in it's simplicity that I find incredibly moving.
the last part of this poem is something strange and strong...Frank O' Hara. Had you passed your time thinking of verses after verse to make a poem...Good...
"you can't plan on the heart, but the better part of it, my poetry, is open."