Happy 82nd birthday
Leonard Cohen
who today announced
that his forthcoming LP
"You Want It Darker"
will be released
on October 21st.
The title track
has Cohen almost-speaking
with a crackling but precise timbre
talking to God
who is put in the awkward position
of having one of His believers give up
on a rigged and losing hand
with "If you are the dealer
I'm out of the game"
and who is struck
(so to speak)
by the realization
that the Lord
gave him “permission
to murder and to maim.”
A cheery song
it is not
but one that reminds us
that we can make the choice
to play a different game.
This poem © 2016 Emily Cooper.
