(During life, Dorothy Parker mercilessly roasted the affectations of her very exclusive class. She refused to recognize her own work as poetry ~ it was just ordinary wit, she said ~ but ended up as one of America’s most famous versifiers)

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Recorded Reading (0:27): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/phsxjar48zjcaftrexdgh/Dorothy-in-Her-Own-Spirit.mp3?rlkey=q8tvbnuu8ynos66zjvgyvucma&dl=0

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Parker, In Her Own Spirit

I think the divine Dorothy,
Considered such a wit to be,
Was considered so because
Act’ually — she really was!

But there’s another side to the
Success her bon mots came to be:
It was safe to think them funny
Because that girl had lots of money!

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