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Dorothy Parker

The friends I made have slipped and strayed,
   And who’s the one that cares?
A trifling lot and best forgot—
   And that’s my tale, and theirs.

Then if my friendships break and bend,
   There’s little need to cry
The while I know that every foe
   Is faithful till I die.

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From Enough Rope | Written c. 1925

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