Poetic Divination | Finis – Dorothy Parker

“Finis” by Dorothy Parker

Now it’s over, and now it’s done;

Why does everything look the same?

Just as bright, the unheeding sun, —

Can’t it see that the parting came?

People hurry and work and swear,

Laugh and grumble and die and wed,

Ponder what they will eat and wear, —

Don’t they know that our love is dead?

Just as busy, the crowded street;

Cars and wagons go rolling on,

Children chuckle, and lovers meet, —

Don’t they know that our love is gone?

No one pauses to pay a tear;

None walks slow, for the love that’s through, —

I might mention, my recent dear,

I’ve reverted to normal, too.