Religious Statues
After a while
I started playing with dolls
I loved their peaceful expressions
They all had their places
in a corner of Room 315
I would say to myself:
It doesn't matter
that you can't breathe
that you are hopelessly involved
in the panic of the situation -
It is the will of God
I'd light a cigarette
and a stick of Nag Champa
Both would burn too fast
in the draft of the ceiling fan
Then I might say
something like:
Thank You
for the terms of my life
which make it so painfully clear
that I am powerless
to control You
and I'd watch CNN
the rest of the night
from a completely different
point of view
Autor(es): Leonard Cohen
