You know that Philip Larkin poem? You definitely do. Even if you don’t know anything about Philip Larkin you have probably heard: This Be the Verse 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…
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