Interior
Her mind lives in a quiet room,
A narrow room, and tall,
With pretty lamps to quench the gloom
And mottoes on the wall.
There all the things are waxen neat,
And set in decorous lines,
And there are posies, round and sweet,
And little, straightened vines.
Her mind lives tidily, apart
From cold and noise and pain,
And bolts the door against her heart,
Out wailing in the rain.
-- Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker was a 20th century American writer, poet, and member of the Algonquin Round Table. Her writing and poetry are characterized by a delightfully satirical bent: she was the one who coined the phrase, "Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses"--which I suppose I'm thankful for.
"Interior," part of the Sunset Gun collection published in 1928, speaks to me, as it must to all members of our community. It describes so well the state in which we have spent much of our lives.
-- Lynne
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