GO LITTLE BOOK





Go little book
And hide
And be ashamed
Of your irrelevance

A fluke
Has made you prominent
You were meant
To be discovered
Later

When there are no more
Floods and earthquakes
And holy wars

Go little book
And stop disgracing me
There are serious men
And women in my life
And you have given them
The upper hand

Hide behind
A window
O my dear lighthearted
And transparent
Book
Or crush yourself
Beneath a defeat

But hide
Hide quickly now
And let me hear from you
In our secret code
Which resembles
A bad cough

That dark rattle
Which ignores
The challenges of love
The crystals of perfection

O speak to me
From places
You will find

Go little book
Invite me there









Copyright © 2005 Leonard Cohen.
Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.
From Book of Longing




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