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By Dorothy Parker
Razors pain you; Rivers are damp; Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp. Guns aren't lawful; Nooses give; Gas smells awful; You might as well live.
- Source
- Enough Rope, 1926 · p. 61 (poem "Résumé")
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- Internet Archive (scan of Enough Rope, New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926; copyright 1926)
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Content note: this poem is about suicide. If you are thinking about harming yourself, you can call or text 988 in the US (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, 988lifeline.org). The whole of the poem "Résumé," from Enough Rope (New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926), Parker's first book of verse. The book says its verses were first printed in Life, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and The New York World. Published in the US in 1926, so in the public domain.