{"id":119268,"date":"2023-04-08T16:57:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T21:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=119268"},"modified":"2023-04-08T17:12:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T22:12:09","slug":"dorothy-parker-poem-in-the-american-manner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=119268","title":{"rendered":"Dorothy Parker: Poem in the American Manner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=119268\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=119268\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-119269 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/7a1f8d70000320e46b8cb029ad4f0eb6-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/7a1f8d70000320e46b8cb029ad4f0eb6-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/7a1f8d70000320e46b8cb029ad4f0eb6.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Karen Beishuizen<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>I dunno yer highfalutin&#8217; words, but here&#8217;s th&#8217; way it seems<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>When I&#8217;m peekin&#8217; out th&#8217; winder o&#8217; my little House o Dreams;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>I&#8217;ve been lookin&#8217; &#8216;roun&#8217; this big ol&#8217; world, as bizzy as a hive,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>An&#8217; I want t&#8217; tell ye, neighbor mine, it&#8217;s good t&#8217; be alive.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>I&#8217;ve ben settin&#8217; here, a-thinkin&#8217; hard, an&#8217; say, it seems t&#8217; me<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>That this big ol&#8217; world is jest about as good as it kin be,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>With its starvin&#8217; little babies, an&#8217; its battles, an&#8217; its strikes,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>An&#8217; its profiteers, an&#8217; hold-up men\u2014th&#8217; dawggone little tykes!<!--more--><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>An&#8217; its hungry men that fought fer us, that nobody employs.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>An&#8217; I think, &#8220;Why, shucks, we&#8217;re jest a lot o&#8217; grown-up little boys!&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>An&#8217; I settle back, an&#8217; light my pipe, an&#8217; reach fer Mother&#8217;s hand,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>An&#8217; I wouldn&#8217;t swap my peace o&#8217; mind fer nothin&#8217; in the land;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>Fer this world uv ours, that jest was made fer folks like me an&#8217; you<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>Is a purty good ol&#8217; place t&#8217; live\u2014say, neighbor, ain&#8217;t it true?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Karen Beishuizen I dunno yer highfalutin&#8217; words, but here&#8217;s th&#8217; way it seems When I&#8217;m peekin&#8217; out th&#8217; winder o&#8217; my little House o Dreams; I&#8217;ve been lookin&#8217; &#8216;roun&#8217; this big ol&#8217; world, as bizzy as a hive, An&#8217; I want t&#8217; tell ye, neighbor mine, it&#8217;s good t&#8217; be alive. 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