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Autobiography

A poem by Dorothy Parker · No. 73

Collection: Enough Rope
Year: 1926
Poem of the Day: January 4, 2017
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Portrait of Dorothy Parker — Dorothy Parker 1893–1967

73Enough Rope

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Oh, both my shoes are shiny new, And pristine is my hat; My dress is 1922.... My life is all like that.

Cover of Enough Rope — From the bookEnough RopeDust jacket, Boni & Liveright, 1926 design (a later printing)

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