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“Since the majority of me …” by Philip Larkin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (9 Aug 1922 – 2 Dec 1985)
Since the majority of me
Rejects the majority of you,
Debating ends forwith, and we
Divide. And sure of what to do
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We disinfect new blocks of days
For our majorities to rent
With unshared friends and unwalked ways,
But silence too is eloquent:
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A silence of minorities
That, unopposed at last, return
Each night with cancelled promises
They want renewed. They never learn.