An Inspiration To All
Dorothy Parker always wanted a better life.
She was never a mother, but more than once a wife.
Vanity Fair bought her first poem,
But when Vogue hired her, she really got going.
As a founding member of the Algonquin Round,
You can say that she was success bound.
In 1922, she sold her first story
Smart Set was the company that received all the glory.
Like many other public icons at the time,
She suffered from depression and was far from being fine.
All the unseen struggles tearing her apart,
“And all the straining things within my heart.”
Throughout her life she built her legacy,
Completely changing her original destiny.
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