Sexual intercourse began <br />In nineteen sixty-three <br />(which was rather late for me) - <br />Between the end of the Chatterley ban <br />And the Beatles' first LP. <br /> <br />Up to then there'd only been <br />A sort of bargaining, <br />A wrangle for the ring, <br />A shame that started at sixteen <br />And spread to everything. <br /> <br />Then all at once the quarrel sank: <br />Everyone felt the same, <br />And every life became <br />A brilliant breaking of the bank, <br />A quite unlosable game. <br /> <br />So life was never better than <br />In nineteen sixty-three <br />(Though just too late for me) - <br />Between the end of the Chatterley ban <br />And the Beatles' first LP.<br /><br />Philip Larkin<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/annus-mirabilis/
