The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Fri 3/28/2008)

[RetroLounge]

Thousand Kisses Deep

The ponies run, the girls are young,
The odds are there to beat.
You win a while, and then it’s done –
Your little winning streak.
And summoned now to deal
With your invincible defeat,
You live your life as if it’s real,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

I’m turning tricks, I’m getting fixed,
I’m back on Boogie Street.
You lose your grip, and then you slip
Into the Masterpiece.
And maybe I had miles to drive,
And promises to keep:
You ditch it all to stay alive,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

And sometimes when the night is slow,
The wretched and the meek,
We gather up our hearts and go,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

Confined to sex, we pressed against
The limits of the sea:
I saw there were no oceans left
For scavengers like me.
I made it to the forward deck.
I blessed our remnant fleet –
And then consented to be wrecked,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

I’m turning tricks, I’m getting fixed,
I’m back on Boogie Street.
I guess they won’t exchange the gifts
That you were meant to keep.
And quiet is the thought of you,
The file on you complete,
Except what we forgot to do,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

And sometimes when the night is slow,
The wretched and the meek,
We gather up our hearts and go,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

Leonard Cohen

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:hi:

RL

[xchrom]

1. ...

The file on you complete,
Except what we forgot to do,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

[BlueIris]

2. Sorry. Typo.

Wasn't trying to steal your thunder that clumsily, Retro.

[Dora]

3. Evocative.

Cohen just entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Good to see him here.

This reminds me of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock but not in a knock-off way. It's more like the sound that's coming from a different pipe on the same organ - the breath is the same but the pitch is different.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear Retro!

Oh, wonderful!

I love the rhythm and the cadences of this...

Just beautiful!

Thank you...

:hug:

[RetroLounge]

5. A spoken word version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXaRT8CXmGE

RL

[RetroLounge]

6. A Musical Version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0j14GrB-u8

RL

[lizziegrace]

7. Very haunting...

:hug:

[RetroLounge]

8. Indeed

:hug:

RL