Résumé

Dorothy Parker's eight-line poem that runs through the ways of killing oneself and finds fault with each.

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.

Famous lines

• Guns aren’t lawful; nooses give; gas smells awful. So you might as well live.

  “Resume” (1926).In context

  • Life & Death