Modesties
Philip Arthur Larkin
1922 to 1985
Words as plain as hen-birds' wings
Do not lie,
Do not over-broider things -
Are loo shy
Thoughts that shuffle round like pence
Through each reign,
Wear down to their simplest sense,
Yet remain.
Weeds are not supposed to grow,
But by degrees
Some achieve a flower, although
No one sees.
Philip Arthur Larkin's Modesties
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