T.S. Eliot : "Fragment of an Agon"
Excerpted here, and first published in 1927 under the title "Wanna Go Home Baby?"
Sweeney: Life is death.
I knew a man once did a girl in—
Doris: Oh Mr. Sweeney, please dont talk,
I cut the cards before you came
And I drew the coffin
Swarts: ..................…….. You drew the coffin?
Doris: I drew the COFFIN very last card.
I dont care for such conversation
A woman runs a terrible risk.
Snow: Let Mr. Sweeney continue his story.
I assure you, …