Monday, May 2, 2022

Upon Reading WHO BY FIRE: LEONARD COHEN IN THE SINAI - poem

 

Lawrence Hall

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Upon Reading Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai

 

Cohen took his soul out into the desert

He may have left part of it there to burn

Upon the sands of war and the sands of time

A chord that echoes in an Egyptian wind

 

As with a corpse-like tank in hull defilade

Or an Uzi rusting among the rocks

The prayers of Yom Kippur in whispers sung

The desert waits for us to worship there

 

Cohen took his soul out into the desert

We should gird our loins and go look for it

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