| Note from Joe: Of the hundreds of great poems in this archive, THIS poem receives the MOST VISITS on the web! Hundreds of different people read it here every single day. If you enjoyed the surprise punch that Parker delivers in the last line, be forewarned that she used that same clever technique in many of her other brilliant poems, always with the intention of throwing the reader a curve ball, usually funny, but sometimes heart-rendingly sad. You have been warned! -jkh- |