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by mcclisteraf on September 13th, 2006

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Can you recite a piece of poetry from memory? Which poem, and why have you remembered it?

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  • by travis bickle on September 19th, 2006

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    Coda

    There's little in taking or giving,
    There's little in water or wine;
    This living, this living, this living
    Was never a project of mine.
    Oh, hard is the struggle, and sparse is
    The gain of the one at the top,
    For art is a form of catharsis,
    And love is a permanent flop,
    And work is the province of cattle,
    And rest's for a clam in a shell,
    So I'm thinking of throwing the battle-
    Would you kindly direct me to hell?

    Dorothy Parker

    When I first got The Portable Dorothy Parker I opened to a random page and what do you know Coda. Seeing as when I'm not running rantic I'm overwhelmingly depressed, which is the majority of the time I could really relate to this.

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