.. Mate of mine returned a book of Larkin's poems,

what a guy, Larkin that is, not my mate, he's just a

bum of a brummie. Got me to thinking how we  change

as time marches on, turn the page from boy to youth,

youth to young man and so on.

     I assume every one is aware of this metamorphosis, even 

on a simple level such as watching a film. Aware of how we go

 from identifying with, say James Dean in "Rebel"

 to Brando in "Last Tango in Paris"( no, not the pervy bits )

 to Sean Connery as Indies dad.

So how did I miss it all ? Me....? I'm just a boy .........