Saturday, May 27, 2023

This Be The Verse

BY PHILIP LARKIN

They  %#@! 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 %#@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.

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

YOU TOOK THE LAST BUS HOME

By Brian Bilston

you took
the last bus home

i still don’t know
how you got it through the door

but you’re always doing amazing stuff

like the time
when you caught that train