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"Dorothy Parker said `Brevity is the soul of lingerie.`"
Dorothy Parker A Certain Lady
Oh, I can smile for you, and tilt my head,
And drink your rushing words with eager lips,
And paint my mouth for you a fragrant red,
And trace your brows with tutored finger-tips.
When you rehearse your list of loves to me,
Oh, I can laugh and marvel, rapturous-eyed.
And you laugh back, nor can you ever see
The thousand little deaths my heart has died.
And you believe, so well I know my part,
That I am gay as morning, light as snow,
And all the straining things within my heart
You'll never know.
Oh, I can laugh and listen, when we meet,
And you bring tales of fresh adventurings, --
Of ladies delicately indiscreet, Of lingering hands, and gently whispered things. And you are pleased with me, and strive anew To sing me sagas of your late delights. Thus do you want me -- marveling, gay, and true, Nor do you see my staring eyes of nights. And when, in search of novelty, you stray, Oh, I can kiss you blithely as you go .... And what goes on, my love, while you're away, You'll never know. Dorothy Parker
General Review Of The Sex Situation
Woman wants monogamy;
Man delights in novelty.
Love is woman's moon and sun;
Man has other forms of fun.
Woman lives but in her lord;
Count to ten,and man is bored.
With this the gist and sum of it,
What earthly good can come of it?
Dorothy Parker Men
They hail you as their morning star
Because you are the way you are.
If you return the sentiment, .
They'll try to make you different; .
And once they have you, safe and sound, .
They want to change you all around. .
Your moods and ways they put a curse on; .
They'd make of you another person. .
They cannot let you go your gait; .
They influence and educate. .
They'd alter all that they admired. .
They make me sick, they make me tired.
Dorothy Parker
Where do you want to go now?!
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