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