Saturday, November 21, 2020

A Poem Inspired By A Quote From ZELDA FITZGERALD

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There is GOD
and there are many gods

There is MAN
and there are many men

There is WOMAN
and there is very many
of what 
I don't know what 
to call them
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© PAUL OLIVERIO


The next GoFather/Fitzgerald 
page is  here
 
The third and fourth lines
paraphrase the words
of Zelda.
Unfortunately,
I cannot find 
the original source
but what she said was
When the Man
is not there,
there is always
men  
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3 comments:

  1. That quote has been attributed
    to Dorothy Parker

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    1. As far as attribution of quotes
      is concerned, Dorothy Parker
      is the female equivalent
      of YOGI BERRA

      As far as Zelda is concerned,
      I am ashamed of the fact
      that a fellow Long beach resident
      —age thirty-something—
      claims to have coigned
      the term SCANDALABRA
      which in fact was a theatrical play
      written by Zelda and performed
      only once in her lifetime,
      while she was institutionalized
      in the sanatorium where
      she burned to death
      in 1948

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    2. About Scandalabra,
      you can read about it here:

      https://www.biography.com/personality/zelda-fitzgerald

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