I know that we are not new…

Once again, Cohen comes to the rescue…

I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm,
your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm,
yes, many loved before us, I know that we are not new,
in city and in forest they smiled like me and you,
but now it’s come to distances and both of [...]

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Suzanne

Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by
You can spend the night beside her
And you know that she’s half crazy
But that’s why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from China
And just when you mean to tell her
That you [...]

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an old poem

An incident long past forgotten
Came back to light,
In the night,
From the dark recesses of the mind:
Illumined a heartache,
Someone’s scarred mind.
An offer was spurned,
A friendship was burned.
‘He didn’t come in time!
A phone call
But no word at all.
His own pleasure was
More important than mine.
Why he? When others
Are dying to fall,
Why then, him at all!
He made promises,
He never [...]

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