Garages, barns and attics are always older than the buildings to which they are attached. - Leonard Cohen

every heart, every heart
to love will come
but like a refugee.

Dear Reader, please forgive me if I have wasted your time.

Except for a couple of hours
in the morning
which I passed in the company
of a sage
I stayed in bed
without food
only a few mouthfuls of water
“you are a fine looking old man”
I said to myself in the mirror
“and what is more
you have the correct attitude
You don’t care if it ends
or if it goes on
And as for the women
and the music
there will be plenty of that
in Paradise”
Then I went to the Mosque
of Memory
to express my gratitude