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Larkin: Ignorance

Strange  to know nothing, never to be sureOf what is true or right or real,But forced to qualify or so I feel,Or Well, it does seem so:Someone must know.Strange to be ignorant of the way things work:Their skill at finding what they need,Their sense of shape, and punctual spread of seed,And willingness to change;Yes, it is strange,Even to wear such knowledge - for our fleshSurrounds us with its own decisions -And yet spend all our life on imprecisions,That when we start to dieHave no idea why.

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