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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. B
by scandox 5y ago
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.
- pacaro 5y agoFor those who might not know the reference this is "This Be The Verse" by Philip Larkin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Larkin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Larkin
- pacaro 5y agoA little more digging finds that it was written in 1971, so echoing in a sense other comments on here that this isn't such a new observation
- klenwell 5y agoBut "the verse" in question refers to the Old Testament: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancestral_sin#Judaism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancestral_sin#Judaism
- Jtsummers 5y agohttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48419/this-be-the-verse https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48419/this-be-the-ver... Philip Larkin. You ought to give credit when you quote something like this.
- scandox 5y agoI honestly thought most people would recognize it. It just reads so well as a prose comment, that I didn't want to spoil its beauty.