Doublereed Archive - Posting 000016.txt from 2004/12

From: Oboeeee@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] Quote of the Day
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 21:50:27 -0500


On shallow straw, in shadeless glass,
Huddled by empty bowls, they sleep:
No dark, no dam, no earth, no grass -
Mam, get us one of them to keep.

Living toys are something novel,
But it soon wears off somehow.
Fetch the shoebox, fetch the shovel -
Mam, we're playing funerals now.

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-Philip Larkin (1922-1986) British poet
=E2=80=9CTake One Home for the Kiddies " =20=
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