TheBanyanTree: Poem: Hallelujah

[Jeri Xiques]

Wow, girl.  Lovely writing!


On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 2:02 PM, Mike Pingleton <pingleto at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wonderful, Linda.
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> On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 12:24 PM, Twigllet <twigllet at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hallelujah
> >
> > When they bury Leonard Cohen
> > Will it be a day like this
> > Crisp, green, littered with leaves
> > Locked into autumn's kiss
> >
> > Will the mourners gather solemnly
> > And whisper among themselves
> > Saying "Leonard was so spiritual
> > He'd never go to hell
> > Leonard was so talented
> > He never thought it so
> > Bemused by the clamor
> > He sought to let it go
> > The Jew became a Buddhist
> > Even a monk it's hard to say
> > Which part of life he loved the best
> > Until his dying day"
> >
> > "And Leonard was so popular
> > The best did sing his songs
> > The ones he wrote for groceries
> > His pragmatism won
> > He never liked pretension
> > This life is what it is
> > He'd try to live it better
> > And never put on airs."
> >
> > Too many people sang that song
> > They simply couldn't see
> > That in their many versions
> > They bored the listeners keen
> > The gem rolled out of storage
> > And shone in every way
> > Now when it plays, like Leonard
> > We sigh and turn away
> >
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