President Obama
has shared with all his 3.66 million
Twitter followers
two Spotify playlists
featuring all his favorite summer jams
one for the day
when he's keeping
his temples from bursting
and the other for nighttime
after he's said his piece
because he's almost 7 years in
and he doesn't have
to take this anymore.
Featured artists include Howlin' Wolf
Isley Brothers
Bob Marley
Rolling Stones
all the way to Coldplay
Beyonce
Justin Timberlake
Florence + The Machine
and the Lumineers
but perhaps
the most stand-out inclusion
for humorous and sober
(so to speak)
and all combinations thereof
poets of the world
just five short weeks
short of the artist's 81st birthday
is Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne".
But it raises the question
as to whether he has
a third and secret playlist
featuring just one song
on repeat
a later Cohen tune
called "Democracy"
and whether he sings
ever-so-softly before he turns out the light
the anthemic chorus
"Democracy is comin'
to the USA".
This poem © 2015 Emily Cooper.
