A parody of the much admired poet Phillip Larkin’s poem “This be the Verse”.
As Phil Larkin once insisted
They fucked me up my dad and mum.
They didn’t mean to but they did
fill me with faults, then added some.
He said they’d been fucked up themselves
through yawning generation gap.
We must leap chasms with two steps
to clear this sticky parent trap.
Sidestep the angst of parenthood
which as it deepens, fills with dread.
Redeem fucked-upness, of your blood:
enjoy the grandchildren instead!
Ref. For the original Larkin poem click this link
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48419/this-be-the-verse
The words of Peter Akinwunmi (Peter Ak'i) 