Frank O'Hara: "Autobiographia Literaria"

(pablo picasso: "child with dove")

"When I was a child
I played by myself in a
corner of the schoolyard
all alone.

I hated dolls and I
hated games, animals were
not friendly and birds
flew away.

If anyone was looking
for me I hid behind a
tree and cried out "I am
an orphan."And here I am, the
center of all beauty!
writing these poems!
Imagine!"