Finis
From Off the Road Database
Author | Parker, Dorothy |
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Genre | Poetry |
Journal or Book | Enough Rope |
Publisher | New York: Horace Liveright |
Year of Publication | 1926 |
Pages | 82 |
Additional information | - |
Finis
Now it’s over, and now it’s done;
Why does everything look the same?
Just as bright, the unheeding sun, —
Can’t it see that the parting came?
People hurry and work and swear.
Laugh and grumble and die and wed,
Ponder what they will eat and wear, —
Don’t they know that our love is dead?
Just as busy, the crowded street.
Cars and wagons go rolling on.
Children chuckle, and lovers meet, —
Don’t they know that our love is gone?
No one pauses to pay a tear;
None walks slow, for the love that’s through, —
I might mention, my recent dear,
I’ve reverted to normal, too.