A good thought indeed. I consider myself fortunate for having come to this world to parents who were kind and smart. I have had many friends who were not so lucky and carried with them the effects of their parents’ screw-ups well into adulthood. I am not saying I am not screwed up, rare and few come to this world entirely unscathed.
This Be The Verse
BY PHILIP LARKIN
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.