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A review by romaine333
Let Us Compare Mythologies by Leonard Cohen
3.0
Nothing will ever beat Richard Siken. But it was pretty good! Here’s my two favourite parts…
« He pulled a flower
out of the moss
and struggled past soldiers
to stand at the cross.
He dipped the flower
into a wound
and hoped that a garden
would grow in his hand. »
« We buried her in Spring-time.
The sparrows in the air
wept that we should hide with earth
the face of one so fair.
The flowers they were roses
and such sweet fragrance gave
that all my friends were lovers
and we danced upon her grave. »
« He pulled a flower
out of the moss
and struggled past soldiers
to stand at the cross.
He dipped the flower
into a wound
and hoped that a garden
would grow in his hand. »
« We buried her in Spring-time.
The sparrows in the air
wept that we should hide with earth
the face of one so fair.
The flowers they were roses
and such sweet fragrance gave
that all my friends were lovers
and we danced upon her grave. »