Dorothy Parker's "A Certain Lady"

It took me a time or two of reading the poem to figure out who I believe is talking and who they are talking to. The speaker seems to be talking to a man that she adores, but he is busy talking about the other woman he is with. He seems be a a womanizer. Always talking about his experiences and exploits with other woman. I feel like he is a boy still basing his success on things that aren't important in life. I don't like how he brags about his conquest and being with multiple of females. I am not a fan of arrogant and cocky people and that is how I see him. I can tell in line seven when the speaker says, "and you laugh back, nor can you ever see the thousand little deaths my heart has died." I would read the first 22 lines in a candid voice. I would want the person spoken to understand the effects of his stories and unmatched feelings have. The last two lines I would read with an uncertainty. The speaker is a very candid and emotionally distraught person. She seems caring, but wants him to know how she feels. The speaker is also very generous in that she is willing to listen to his stories even though she feels hurt by them. The way she moves and responds to his stories and then describes her feelings that are opposite of those mannerisms.