sit at the foot of our bed tonight
Henri Beyle from Paris
and of all people
my fiercest rival Jewish poet
Mr. L. Cohen
of Montreal Canada
who is said to spend
half the year in Los Angeles
They
seem rather pleased
and surprisingly
at ease with
one another
Between TIKKUN HAKLALI
DE L’AMOUR and
DEATH OF A LADY’S MAN
I might
still
play for a win
this time around
after all
I must have
learned something
after all
I decided to become happy
(a new idea Saint-Just
once called it)
Rebbe says you gotta do
crazy things sometimes
to be happy
it aint called
la chasse a bonheur
for nuthin’
right lenny
coming across
boats running out even
if it takes a long long time
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