Rhyme Against Living Poem by Dorothy Parker

Rhyme Against Living

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If wild my breast and sore my pride,
I bask in dreams of suicide;
If cool my heart and high my head,
I think, 'How lucky are the dead! '

Dorothy Parker
Monday, January 13, 2003
Topic(s) of this poem: death
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Kyle Shield Laster 25 June 2008

one of my favorites...

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Long Branch / New Jersey
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