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Dorothy Parker

In May my heart was breaking—
  Oh, wide the wound, and deep!
And bitter it beat at waking,
  And sore it split in sleep.

And when it came November,
  I sought my heart, and sighed,
“Poor thing, do you remember?”
  “What heart was that?” it cried.

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From Death and Taxes | Written c. 1931

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