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I had seen it before, and even fed it, once. | I had seen it before, and even fed it, once. | ||
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Is always the same; we should be careful | Is always the same; we should be careful | ||
Of each other, we should be kind | Of each other, we should be kind {{ln|10}} | ||
While there is still time. | While there is still time. | ||
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Revision as of 17:42, 14 January 2020
The Mower
By: Philip Larkin (1979)The mower stalled, twice; kneeling, I found
A hedgehog jammed up against the blades,
Killed. It had been in the long grass.
I had seen it before, and even fed it, once.
Now I had mauled its unobtrusive world 5
Unmendably. Burial was no help:
Next morning I got up and it did not.
The first day after a death, the new absence
Is always the same; we should be careful
Of each other, we should be kind 10
While there is still time.
