Saturday, November 17, 2012

Leonard Cohen


My lady can sleep from "The Spice-Box of Earth"
.
My lady can sleep
Upon a handkerchief
Or if it be Fall
Upon a fallen leaf.


I have seen the hunters
kneel before her hem
Even in her sleep
She turns away from them.


The only gift they offer
Is their abiding grief
I pull out my pockets
For a handkerchief or leaf.


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