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  • This Be The Verse
    \ By Philip Larkin

    They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
    \ They may not mean to, but they do.
    \ They fill you with the faults they had
    \ And add some extra, just for you.

    But they were fucked up in their turn
    \ By fools in old-style hats and coats,
    \ Who half the time were soppy-stern
    \ And half at one another’s throats.

    Man hands on misery to man.
    \ It deepens like a coastal shelf.
    \ Get out as early as you can,
    \ And don’t have any kids yourself.

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