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Observation
by Dorothy Parker

If I don't drive around the park,
I'm pretty sure to make my mark.
If I'm in bed each night by ten,
I may get back my looks again.
If I abstain from fun and such,
I'll probably amount to much;
But I shall stay the way I am,
Because I do not give a damn.

From Dorothy Parker. The Viking Portable Library. New York: Viking Press, 1944. Image of Dorothy Parker from Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This by Marion Meade. New York: Penguin, 1987.

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