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The Mower (P.Larkin)


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The mower stalled, twice; kneeling, I found   

A hedgehog jammed up against the blades,   

Killed. It had been in the long grass.

 

I had seen it before, and even fed it, once.   

Now I had mauled its unobtrusive world   

Unmendably. Burial was no help:

 

Next morning I got up and it did not.

The first day after a death, the new absence   

Is always the same; we should be careful

 

Of each other, we should be kind   

While there is still time.

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3 minutes ago, makapaka said:

The mower stalled, twice; kneeling, I found   

A hedgehog jammed up against the blades,   

Killed. It had been in the long grass.

 

I had seen it before, and even fed it, once.   

Now I had mauled its unobtrusive world   

Unmendably. Burial was no help:

 

Next morning I got up and it did not.

The first day after a death, the new absence   

Is always the same; we should be careful

 

Of each other, we should be kind   

While there is still time.

👏👏👏👏

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This Be The Verse BY PHILIP LARKIN

 

They f@ck 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@cked 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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On 15/02/2023 at 16:42, prince al said:

This Be The Verse BY PHILIP LARKIN

 

They f@ck you up, your mum and dad.   

  

<<snipped>>

 

But they were f@cked up in their turn

   

<<snipped>>

Can you stop masking your swearing please. 

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