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I Stepped into an Avalanche misc/poetry topic/love

I stepped into an avalanche
It covered up my soul
When I am not this hunchback
I sleep beneath a hill
You who wish to conquer pain
Must learn to serve me well

You strike my side by accident
As you go down for gold
The cripple that you clothe and feed
Is neither starved nor cold
I do not…

—p.217 Selected Poems 1956-1968 Parasites of Heaven (179) by Leonard Cohen
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In The Bible Generations Pass ... misc/poetry

In the Bible generations pass in a paragraph, a betrayal is disposed of in a phrase, the creation of the world consumes a page. I could never pick the important dynasty out of a multitude, you must have your forehead shining to do that, or to choose out of the snarled network of daily evidence the …

—p.192 Parasites of Heaven (179) by Leonard Cohen
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A Cross Didn't Fall on Me for/pq misc/poetry topic/love

A cross didn't fall on me
when I went for hot dogs
and the all-night Greek
slave in the Silver Gameland
didn't think I was his brother
Love me because nothing happens

I believe the rain will not
make me feel like a feather
when it comes tonight after
the streetcars have stopped
because…

—p.182 Parasites of Heaven (179) by Leonard Cohen
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I Had It for a Moment misc/poetry topic/love

I had it for a moment
I knew why I must thank you
 I saw powerful governing men in black suits
I saw them undressed
in the arms of young mistresses
the men more naked than the naked women
the men crying quietly
 No that is not it
I'm losing why I must thank you
which means I'm left w…

—p.135 Flowers for Hitler (85) by Leonard Cohen
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Three Good Nights misc/poetry

Out of some simple part of me
which I cannot use up
 I took a blessing for the flowers
tightening in the night
like fists of jealous love
 like knots
no one can undo without destroying
 The new morning gathered me
in blue mist
 like dust under wedding gown
Then I followed the …

—p.111 Flowers for Hitler (85) by Leonard Cohen