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Question: What is the most cynical poem you have ever read!?
Something that is completely bitter, and almost depressing!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
'RHYME AGAINST LIVING'
by Dorothy Parker:
If wild my breast and sore my pride,
I bask in dreams of suicide,
If cool my heart and high my head,
I think, "How lucky are the dead!."


For pure cynicism there are few as through-imbued as old D!.P!.!Www@QuestionHome@Com

What were they like!.

Viwtnam song, Laughter is bitter to the burnt mouth; Great lineWww@QuestionHome@Com

poems suck

the force that through the green fuse drives the flower

thats the only one i can think ofWww@QuestionHome@Com

basically, any of beethoven's poetry is!.!.!. yeaWww@QuestionHome@Com