oral sex, sacraments, and crucifixes poem by cohen

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kenyagal
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oral sex, sacraments, and crucifixes poem by cohen

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I am new to Cohen's work. but eagerly learning... I have heard of one piece he did many years ago involving. oral sex, sacraments, and crucifixes... but I can not seem to find any information on it...does anyone know of this work? its title or which volume I might find it in?
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well there are several
Light as a breeze(song)
Celebration(poem)
Chelsea hotel #2(song)
Never any good(song)

I guess there are many more
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When You Kneel Below Me seems (quite obviously) to be about oral sex. It's from Spice-Box of Earth, I believe
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And don't forget "The Collapse of Zen"
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astranger wrote:When You Kneel Below Me seems (quite obviously) to be about oral sex. It's from Spice-Box of Earth, I believe
Video of Cohen reciting that poem here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYue1i5c6RE
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It's great that you've discovered Cohen. He has some fantastic poetry. I'm most fond of "Book of Longing."
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There is a recent thread on "Master Song" which ties this in with all 3 of these.
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brightnow wrote:And don't forget "The Collapse of Zen"
Great one. Also Need the Speed is good, I recite both to women when the situation is right.
Now you've got the gist of what my lettuce meant.
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