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Sexual intercourse began

In nineteen sixty-three

(Which was rather late for me)-
Between the end of the Chatterley ban
And the Beatles' first LP.

Up till then there'd only been
A sort of bargaining,

A wrangle for a ring,

A shame that started at sixteen
And spread to everything.

Then all at once the quarrel sank:
Everyone felt the same,

And every life became

A brilliant breaking of the bank,

A quite unlosable game.

So life was never better than

In nineteen sixty-three

(Though just too late for me)-
Between the end of the Chatterley ban
And the Beatles' first LP.

Philip Larkin 1974 from High Windows

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