Days (poem)

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"Days" is a short poem (10 lines) by Philip Larkin, included in his 1964 collection The Whitsun Weddings.

It begins with a section of 6 lines, opening

What are days for?

in a mock-contented tone.

The final 4 lines bring a brutal reply

Ah, solving that question
Brings the priest and the doctor
In their long coats
Running over the fields.

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