
“So I must say it quickly:
Whoever is in your life,
those who harm you,
those who help you,
those whom you do not know-
let them off the hook,
help them off the hook.
Recognize the hook.”
— Leonard Cohen, S.O.S. 1995
I don’t want to hang you up
but I have a lot of stuff
It’s everywhere and then it’s somewhere
It’s on a hook.
I didn’t want to put you there
but i didn’t want to lay you on the ground
It’s easy to put the coats with the coats
and the scarves and the belts with
all of the other stuff that’s long.
It’s just it’s been a while since I saw you
and since we talked and
It’s not that I love you
It’s just that I had to clean up.
I could throw you away
because you don’t have a spot
but i wanted to keep you
like that boa I got from Mardi Gras.
I can see you everyday
next to the shit that’s stayed
through snowstorms and college and fingerpainting
I want to take you down
but if you’re in a basket or the back of my dresser
I might forget you
and I’m scared.
If i take you down
You have to promise you’ll be found.
I’m doing it now
because its addicting:
Us hanging out.
I’m not saying goodbye
It’s just that I’m making some room in my closet and
I really hope you like it.