Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen

Author:Leonard Cohen [Cohen, Leonard]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: General, cookie429, Kat, Extratorrents, Canadian Poetry, Poetry, American, Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780141903170
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2006-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

FIRST OF ALL

First of all nothing will happen

and a little later

nothing will happen again

A family will pass by in the night

speaking of the children’s bedtime

That will be the signal

for you to light a cigarette

Then comes a delicate moment

when the backwoods men

gather around the table

to discuss your way of life

Dismiss them with a glass of

cherry juice

Your way of life has been over

for many years

The moonlit mountains

surround your heart

and the Anointed One

with his bag and stick

can be picked out on a path

He is probably thinking of what

you said

in the schoolyard 100 years ago

This is a dangerous moment

that can plunge you into silence

for a million years

Fortunately the sound of clarinets

from a wandering klezmer

ensemble

drifts into the kitchen

Allow it to distract you

from your cheerless meditation

The refrigerator will go into

second gear

and the cat will climb onto the

windowsill

For no reason at all

you will begin to cry

Then your tears will dry up

and you will ache for a companion

I will be that companion

At first nothing will happen to us

and later on

it will happen to us again

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