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THE OLD FOOLS by PHILIP LARKIN

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First Line: WHAT DO THEY THINK HAS HAPPENED, THE OLD FOOLS
Last Line: The whole hideous inverted childhood? Well / We shall find out
Subject(s): AGING;
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