Sinister: the three minutes from tuesday poem

[**Megan Lehar**]

i'm actually getting ready for my creative writing class right now, and
looking at poetry, and then it just occured to me that we still haven't
gotten a monday poem yet!!!  horrors!!!!  so i'll do this week's and then
joss can do next weeks.  though i think that matt needs to do one rather
badly.  so anyway, i'll just use dorothy parker.  she can get pretentious,
but she has a beautiful sense of humor.  and this one is my favorite by
her.

Threnody

Lilacs blossom just as sweet
Now my heart is shattered.
If I bowled it down the street,
Who's to say it mattered?
If there's one that rode away
What would I be missing?
Lips that taste of tears, they say,
Are the best for kissing.

Eyes that watch the morning star
Seem a little brighter;
Arms held out to darkness are
Usually whiter.
Shall I bar the strolling guest,
Bind my brow with willow?
When, they say, the empty breast
Is the softest pillow?

That a heart falls tinkling down,
Never think it ceases.
Every likely lad in town
Gathers up the pieces.
If there's one gone whistling by
Would I let it grieve me?
Let him wonder if I lie;
Let him half believe me.

xox
megan

mkl206 at is8.nyu.edu

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