Larkin's "Let this be Verse" is a good vehicle for re-visioned versions.
Larkin blames parental influence for our "problems" in life, but I think the psychological archetypes (as represented by the Greek pantheon) are more to blame.
Verse Still
They fuck you up, these archetypes,
and they mean to, yes they do.
They give you all their wants and likes
and lusts to conquer or to screw.
But they were fucked up in their turn
by Zeus' or Hera's nasty tricks
which they pass on to make us yearn
or kick against the godly pricks.
The gods drive impulse - nothing much
your family does to screw your head
has such effect - the gods' made clutch
for power twists and strips your thread.
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