(22 August 1893 - 7 June 1967 / Long Branch / New Jersey)

poet Dorothy Parker
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Afternoon

When I am old, and comforted,
And done with this desire,
With Memory to share my bed
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  • Bhanu Padmo (8/15/2012 12:38:00 PM)

    simple, lucid and emotive.

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  • Cynthia Buhain-Baello (12/29/2009 8:42:00 AM)

    Appropriate title, witty humor but weighty wisdom here.

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  • Dale Ziegler (9/28/2009 8:37:00 PM)

    You'll find this lovely poem is more meaningful when you've reached 85, as I have.

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  • Derya T. Samsa (1/8/2009 11:03:00 AM)

    How beautifully cruel. Like a dark grin.

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