"what if I'm 60 years old and not married,
all alone in a furnished room with pee stains on my underwear
and everybody else is married!" Gregory Corso (b. 1930), U.S. poet. Marriage (l. 106-108). . .
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"when Mrs Kindhead comes to collect for the Community Chest
grab her and tell her There are unfavorable omens in the sky!
And when the mayor comes to get my vote tell him
When are you going to stop people killing whales!" Gregory Corso (b. 1930), U.S. poet. Marriage (l. 62-65). . .
Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, eds. (3d ed., 1983) W. W. Norton & Company. |
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