A Very Short Song

Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker

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Once, when I was young and true,
  Someone left me sad--
Broke my brittle heart in two;
  And that is very bad.Love is for unlucky folk,
  Love is but a curse.
Once there was a heart I broke;
  And that, I think, is worse.
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Dorothy Parker
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Dorothy Parker

1893 - 1967/Female/AmericanA poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist, she's best known for her wit, wisecracks and eye for 20th-century urban foibles.

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