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Song for L. Cohen
I tried so hard to win, I threw away the prize
There were things I could not alter, so I had to let them slide
I’ve been aching for somebody
Who will never ache for me
I let the darkness in
Now the darkness will not leave
I wasn’t born to love but love still follows me around
I learned to hold my tongue while my friends went underground
There are changes in the weather
That simply baffle me
I let the sickness in
Now the sickness will not leave
The regime still runs like clockwork and the people are serene
But no one really knows what goes on behind the scenes
I wish that I could blame someone
But that someone might be me
I let the panic in
Now the panic will not leave
(2012)
About a Boy
You could eat pancakes all day
When I was a boy
No one was ever in a hurry
My grandfather used to show me
The foundations of the country
You could see faces everywhere
For free, unobscured
When I was a boy
They had just discovered the cure for boredom
And it rained blood constantly
When I was a boy
My mother pointed out how overnight
I became skinny and morose
And now even she is a ghost
You could spend the whole day dreaming
When I was a boy
No one forgot to love a stranger
My father used to take me
To see the limits of my imagination
It was a wonderful life
When I was a boy
Enough
There’s enough time to find
love in a minute
There’s enough water in a
drop of rain
There’s more than enough
beauty to fill up your eyes
Over and over again
Bullies
bullies rule
bullies win
bullies will tell the tale
of how you failed
failed them so badly
failed all of us
bullies laugh
bullies sing
bullies will write the laws
that keep you in chains
and so much pain
and so much shame
until you are drowning in bile
it’s all your fault
but your nest of salt
should comfort you for a while
The Animals
Look at the animals!
They are naked in the world
And resolutely themselves
They take no more than is given
And are proud to be of the earth
And for the earth
They are rich with strength
And delight in sheer being
They do not complain
Or strive for nirvana
They do not feel sorry for themselves
Or anything
Look at the animals!
As they go naked through the world
And learn
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