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WRITERS > author, poet, journalist, humorist > Dorothy Parker
Razors pain you
Rivers...
Vendor: WRITERS
Razors pain you
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live.
Source: Enough Rope, R?sum?.
-- Dorothy Parker, (Aug 22 1893-1967), US author, poet, journalist, humorist; She was the celebrated caustic wit of the 1920s; wrote Enough Rope, 1926 and The Little Hours, 1944.