Since The Majority Of Me

Portrait of Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin 1922–1985

Since the majority of me Rejects the majority of you, Debating ends forwith, and we Divide. And sure of what to do

We disinfect new blocks of days For our majorities to rent With unshared friends and unwalked ways, But silence too is eloquent:

A silence of minorities That, unopposed at last, return Each night with cancelled promises They want renewed. They never learn.

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