Sarah's blog experiment

I am using this blog as an experiment to document my experiences in the information-for-development area. It provides an informal record of my personal thoughts and opinions. The 'cast of characters' also occasionally includes: my daughter Leah, my son Sacha, and my partner, Edward.

Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Funny poem on social capital

Well, I mentioned in my profile, I'm interested in social capital. I like a paper by Ben Fine on social capital in development. In this paper, Fine has amended a poem by Philip Larkin (which is very funny) to focus on social capital not mums and dads as the original one does. The Fine version goes like this:


They f*** you up with social cap.
They may not mean to but they do.
They fill you up with faults on tap
And add some extra just for you.

But they were f***ed up in their turn
By fools in rational hats and coats
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another’s throats.

Man hands on social cap to man.
It deepens like a costal shelf.
Get out as early as you can
And don’t have any for yourself.
Fine, after Philip Larkin

As you will see, I have put *** instead of the real word. You can view the original Philip Larkin poem in full at: http://www.artofeurope.com/larkin/lar2.htm
Well, I'm afraid I don't really know blog-etiquette - and this is an experiment, after all. Hope this is not going to offend anyone's feelings....If it does, please let me know and I'll remove even this censored version...

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