A Child of privilege

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14. They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do.

This Be the Verse.

They fuck 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 fucked 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.

Philip Larkin
http://allpoetry.com/This-Be-The-Verse


Just FYI: This ain't, by any stretch of the imagination, limited to Mrs. Clinton, whether Them or Us.

Takes a powerful lot of work to overcome those early influences, and most people never quite do it. Some people do seem to embrace them more willingly than others, however.