".....all in all
about 20 pounds of clothing
which I put on quickly
at 2:30 A.M.
over my enormous hard-on"
Early Morning at Mount Baldy
Leonard Cohen, Book of Longing
Is this the poem which inspired some marketing "genius" at Amazon to sponsor a link to Canadian V iagra sales, figuring purchasers of that drug might also want to buy the book?
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Seems pretty funny and gross to me that they have to sink to that to sell poetry.
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To sell poetry, yes, I agree... an odd admixture for such a goal.
Two of the many things I'm enjoying about the poems, however, are the affirmation and validation regarding desire, longing, and sexuality, with people who are becoming older... for those so oft discounted in these areas, Leonard is bringing beautiful focus to the reality.
~ Lizzy
Two of the many things I'm enjoying about the poems, however, are the affirmation and validation regarding desire, longing, and sexuality, with people who are becoming older... for those so oft discounted in these areas, Leonard is bringing beautiful focus to the reality.
~ Lizzy