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RE: virus: The only tourist in Havana turns his thoughts homeward
« on: 2004-11-07 11:21:45 » |
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[Blunderov] Bought an out of the ordinary DVD the other day; "Ladies and
Gentlemen - Mr Leonard Cohen". (1964 Donald Brittain, Winstar video,
www.foxlorber.com)
Cohen prefaces the poem with the following remark; "I was in Havana
during the Bay of Pigs invasion fighting on both sides and I wrote this
poem..."
It put me in mind of Keith Henson whom it seems may have found sanctuary
in Canada. I very much hope this is so.
(Re:virus: absolute terror of the re-bushism
"If there are people in the Toronto area who would be interested, the
Sunday
after next I am giving a talk. It will be on evolutionary psychology
and
the origin of war.
The talk will be November 14, 2004 at 1pm at the Unitarian Church at
175 St Clair Ave W Toronto, ON")
Best Regards.
http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/poem.html#onlytourist
The only tourist in Havana turns his thoughts homeward
(from "Flowers for Hitler")
Come, my brothers,
let us govern Canada,
let us find our serious heads,
let us dump asbestos on the White House,
let us make the French talk English,
not only here but everywhere,
let us torture the Senate individually
until they confess,
let us purge the New Party,
let us encourage the dark races
so they'll be lenient
when they take over,
let us make the CBC talk English,
let us all lean in one direction
and float down
to the coast of Florida,
let us have tourism,
let us flirt with the enemy,
let us smelt pig-iron in our back yards,
let us sell snow
to under-developed nations,
(It is true one of our national leaders
was a Roman Catholic?)
let us terrorize Alaska,
let us unite
Church and State,
let us not take it lying down,
let us have two Governor Generals
at the same time,
let us have another official language,
let us determine what it will be,
let us give a Canada Council Fellowship
to the most original suggestion,
let us teach sex in the home
to parents,
let us threaten to join the U.S.A.
and pull out at the last moment,
my brothers, come,
our serious heads are waiting for us somewhere
like Gladstone bags abandoned
after a coup d'état,
let us put them on very quickly,
let us maintain a stony silence
on the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Havana
April 1961
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