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- March 18, 2009 by dedalus
- 'Larkin' will kill you
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What's so funny? The misery. It might make you feel like crap later, but if you are feeling like crap already you may take some solace in poetry so bitter. Consider:
This Be the Verse
They f--- 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 f---ed 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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