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“Here is a Philip Larkin poem about the Singularity:”
The Singularity is coming up
To meet me at the station
With flowers and a smile and
Some bad news.
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“Here is a Philip Larkin poem about people:”
People
What do people do all day?
Oh, what do people do?
They walk around and around
And then they lie down,
And that is all they do.
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“Here is a Philip Larkin poem about Disney World”
At Disney World, Orlando, Florida,
I got on the wrong side of the tracks
And the train was going slow:
And the time was going slower.
And beyond the wire fence and the weeds
The bulldozers rumbled,
And the raw earth smelled
Of thousands and thousands of
daisies.
And the sun, which was setting,
Was no more than a red stain
On a grey, wet sky.
And I felt a sudden,
Very strange nostalgia
For absolutely nothing.