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Dorothy Parker

Say my love is easy had,
  Say I’m bitten raw with pride,
Say I am too often sad—
  Still behold me at your side.

Say I’m neither brave nor young,
  Say I woo and coddle care,
Say the devil touched my tongue—
  Still you have my heart to wear.

But say my verses do not scan,
  And I get me another man!

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From Enough Rope | Written c. 1925

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