It Is Not Yet Spring
It is not yet spring but
Leonard Cohen is singing
in the car in French. I can’t
understand a single word
but I’m guessing the song
is either about regret or total
lack of regret. Even I can tell
his accent isn’t terrific.
There are young people
out on the streets and
some of them are dressed
in a manner I would consider
inappropriate if they were
my children but they are
not my children, they are
their own uniquely amazing
creations, never seen anything
like them, not here in Chicago.
Leonard Cohen sounds
miserable and therefore
completely satisfied with
himself, he is, after all,
singing in his bad accent
and that makes me
completely happy and
the young people, who
cannot hear him because
the windows are rolled up
and, even though they
might tell you otherwise,
cannot yet have felt
much about regret or
the total lack of regret and
are dressed a little casually,
in my opinion, considering
the actual weather, are all
convinced, I’m sure of it,
they will live forever.