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Larkin wrote a couple of things on this.
in the early fifties, in a piece I believe entitled "to my wife" (he wasn't married to anyone at that point btw) "for all other faces I have exchanged your face" or words to that effect.
He also wrote, in, Self's THe Man, was it, maybe, I'm doing this from memory so bear with me, it won't be accurate,
"he married a woman to stop her getting away
and now she's there all day"
(italics mine)
Makes you think, dunnit
(, Tue 7 Apr 2026, 19:31, archived)
he might have been larkin about tho

(, Tue 7 Apr 2026, 20:04, archived)
\o/

(, Tue 7 Apr 2026, 20:17, archived)
well mine's not here all day.
not here at all, actually.
perhaps she's lost her keys or something
(, Tue 7 Apr 2026, 20:21, archived)
*bright smile* yes that'll be it

(, Tue 7 Apr 2026, 21:53, archived)
i thought so my good chum
i thought so. maybe one of those key fobs that when you whistle it beeps is in order. i remember them being quite the must have item not long ago..
(, Tue 7 Apr 2026, 22:54, archived)
He collected faces?
Fucking weirdo
(, Tue 7 Apr 2026, 21:26, archived)
Yeah, he cuts them out and sticks them in a book with Pritt Stick.
Proper sicko.
(, Tue 7 Apr 2026, 21:48, archived)
He'll need a flower press to flatten them properly

(, Tue 7 Apr 2026, 21:57, archived)
that's for flowers not faces
you need lotion for faces
(, Tue 7 Apr 2026, 22:55, archived)
faeces I thought it was

(, Tue 7 Apr 2026, 21:54, archived)
nono sorry wait, I'm thinking of eleanor rigby

(, Tue 7 Apr 2026, 21:55, archived)
You're thinking of Gillian McKeith

(, Tue 7 Apr 2026, 21:58, archived)
lol not if I can help it

(, Tue 7 Apr 2026, 22:00, archived)