Dorothy's Next Round (Table)
published at: http://humorwriters.org/2017/05/28/dorothys-next-round-table/
Dorothy Parker
left the Algonquin
after a 10-year lunch Went on a bender,
came back for dinner, determined to find a new bunch.
“Strong women writers
when you are able Come meet me under
or around this new table! Let’s go on a timeless binge. Living well’s the best revenge.”
Agatha Christie said, “Yes, let’s make history. I’ll be your partner in crime.
You know that I’m libel
to outsell the Bible; I’m the best selling author
of all time.”
Mary Shelley waltzed in
saying, “Let’s not fit in!
We’ve all stood the test of time. The beginning, I say,
is always today. Let’s make a monster,
a real Frankenstein!”
“Strong women writers
when you are able Come meet me under
or round this new table! Let’s go on a timeless binge. Living well’s the best revenge.”
“Quite right Dorothy,”
said Gertrude Stein, “One must dare to be happy,
with or without the wine!
Just like the pseudonym sisters
pawned off as misters: George’s Elliot and Sand,
who took off their disguises and
said, “here’s to surprises!” Let’s give those girls a big hand!”
“What’s the soup of the day?”
cried ol’ dame Christie, “Wait, don’t tell me.
I love a good mystery.”
A river of writers poured from the Algonquin;
voice starts to glow:
“Just like moons and like suns With the certainty of tides Just like hopes springing high Still I rise.” Still, we rise.
Rise!
