I first wrote this in 2006 as a tongue-in-cheek tribute to one of the greatest influences in my poetic upbringing - Leonard Cohen. In view of his death, I thought you might like to read it again, and perhaps post your own memories of one of the most inter
Like a hole in a pocket,
I have tried in my way
To be like Len,
Like a germ on a dish,
Like a scale on a fish,
I have saved all my
Microbes for Zen...
...and Suzanne takes you
Down, down to the zoo
Where she feeds you
To the panda that
Comes all the way from China,
As if you were bamboo,
But that's why you want to
Be there,
With the Chinese bear,
And Suzanne, too...
... goodbye everyone,
It's been a long day,
Now night is coming
And it's time to play
The hits of Leonard Cohen...
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Poetry by Christopher Fernie
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Written on 2016-11-11 at 13:03
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Song from a bedsit
Like a bulb in a socket,Like a hole in a pocket,
I have tried in my way
To be like Len,
Like a germ on a dish,
Like a scale on a fish,
I have saved all my
Microbes for Zen...
...and Suzanne takes you
Down, down to the zoo
Where she feeds you
To the panda that
Comes all the way from China,
As if you were bamboo,
But that's why you want to
Be there,
With the Chinese bear,
And Suzanne, too...
... goodbye everyone,
It's been a long day,
Now night is coming
And it's time to play
The hits of Leonard Cohen...
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Poetry by Christopher Fernie
Read 706 times
Written on 2016-11-11 at 13:03
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