Dorothy Malone in The Big Sleep
Try Me
In the bookstore, bright by comparison
with the rainy street,
Dorothy Malone answers questions with questions,
coy as she is sly.
No and Yes aren’t playful enough
for her: ‘I’ve a bottle of pretty good rye,’
Bogart suggests;
‘Well,’ she replies, ‘you can try me …’
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