WEEK of FAVORITE POETS: #1 - Dorothy Parker

        

Resumé

Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren’t lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;

You might as well live.

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Inscription for the Ceiling of a Bedroom read by Ms. Parker

Symptom Recital -- scene from the movie Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle starring Jennifer Jason Leigh