BECAUSE OF A FEW SONGS


Because of a few songs
wherein I spoke of their
mystery,
women have been
exceptionally kind
to my old age.
They make a secret place
in their busy lives
and they take me there.
They become naked
in their different ways
and they say,
"Look at me, Leonard
look at me one last time."
Then they bend over the bed
and cover me up
like a baby that is shivering.







Copyright © 1999 by Leonard Cohen. All rights reserved.
From The Globe and Mail, Thursday, December 23, 1999
All poems in this section have been reprinted
with Leonard Cohen's permission.




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