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elazar
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Checking in poem

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I was inspired to post here today and say I’ve been a beautiful loser for over 20 years and recently heard some of LC’s later stuff on a LC Amazon music station. For the first time. Always will love the man and the music. Also I just turned 40!


I’ve seen layers of time and space
Race by like vandals artfully deface
My edifice with grace
Truth was abandoned for what was demanded
Talent was faked for something half baked
While Adonis and Zeus were on the loose
Leaving Madonna perpetually like Lana
While I’m detoxing in a sauna
From the energy that divided
Me from my pride and
My ability to decide
What’s best for me
Feeling testily
Taking the initiative
Whenever my itch to live
Needs scratching
So I’m detaching
From fear and hesitation
Open to each situation
No more doom and gloom
Ad Tumulum
breathe deep and live
solongleonard
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Post by solongleonard »

How lovely to see that this forum is still active. Happy Birthday Elazar, 40!! Please accept my adaption of your words as my Birthday Gift to you. Leonard always took my teasing with such grace, I hope you do too!


I have set my version alongside your original. We used to have a painter here who felt obliged to say that every piece he offered us was "done in a hurry". or "done hastily" etc. I was thinking about that in the 20 minutes I toiled to make 2 columns in this post. I failed! Of course my words were composed in an hurry , somewhat hastily.


Did you have some lovely celebrations for the day?

Regards, Michael





I’ve seen layers of time and space / I’ve seen lawyers of time and space


Race by like vandals artfully deface Race by in sandals Art Garfunkully deface
My edifice with grace My Edi face with Grace
Truth was abandoned for what was demanded Ruth was abandoned for what de man did
Talent was faked for something half baked Talent was booked for something half cooked
While Adonis and Zeus were on the loose While Adidas and Reebok were on the loose
Leaving Madonna perpetually like Lana Leaving Madonna perpetually like a Virgin
While I’m detoxing in a sauna While I’m de toxic in da sauna
From the energy that divided From the Energy of Slaves
Me from my pride and Me marching with Pride and
My ability to decide My goal was offside
What’s best for me What’s best for me ?
Feeling testily Feeling testicles
Taking the initiative Taking the Handkerchief
Whenever my itch to live Whenever my itch to sneeze
Needs scratching Needs blowing
So I’m detaching So, now I'm going
From fear and hesitation From half past fear and hesitation
Open to each situation Open to each Station
No more doom and gloom No more spoon and boom
Ad Tumulum I 'ad Tummy Ache the other day
But now I feel ok
dar
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Re: Checking in poem

Post by dar »

Nice to see you Elazar and Happy Birthday. I remember when you first came to the Cohen group...you were just a babe. And you're still a babe. 40? That's nothing. You'll have 40 more years with this Cohen bunch and you'll be the OG then. Most of us old timers are really old timers. Congratulations. :D
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