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Rhyme Against Living
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!"
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Ornithology For Beginners
The bird that feeds from off my palm
Is sleek, affectionate, and calm,
But double to me, is worth the thrush
A-flickering in the elder-bush.
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AliceVinnik
The ugliest modern gesture - that of a man looking at his wrist-watch!
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To someone who congratulated her with the words "What are you complaining about? You're married to a charming, handsome man who adores you. What more do you want?" :
"Presents."
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Of her second husband:
"Oh, don't worry about Alan. Alan will always land on somebody's feet."
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Did you ever realise there are just no dogs in Philadelphia? Oh, what an ugly place.
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Of a performance by Katherine Hepburn:
"She ran the whole gamut of emotions, from A to B."
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Social Note
Lady, lady, should you meet
One whose ways are all discreet,
One who murmurs that his wife
Is the loadstar of his life,
One who keeps assuring you
That he never was untrue,
Never loved another one...
Lady, lady, better run.
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After spending some time in the company of a handsome sun-burnt young film star in Hollywood:
"Ah yes. His is the hue of availability."
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