Silence is your best quality

username · Post by **username** » Sat Aug 16, 2003 4:50 am

*i'm not sure what this is.....i think it is a document of my inability.*

I never understood your method. You were like the assassin who inspected her own tombstone to make sure she was still living. I actually never wanted to understand your method. I was content with your vow of chaos and religion. I was satisfied that you could no longer bare witness to beauty. Your silence never burdened me; in fact your silence is your best quality. Where are your politics? Do not lecture me on politics; I’m not the assassin. I don’t wear the sacred bullet of despair. I don’t poison wells of beauty out of nervousness. I don’t sacrifice lambs too make sure blood is still red. You and your politics. Your fucking politics. You are resolute and uniform. You are politics. You are the weapon. You are the bullet. You are the lamb. O I see this game you play. I’m on to you. Can you even breathe amongst mixed company anymore? Does your heart even pump in the presence of beauty? I know my beauty does not get your heart pumping. I don’t think it ever did. When we talk to one another, machines keep you alive for me. I have doctors on call for your conversation. I should fire the doctors. I should destroy the machines. I should make you silent. Remember, I said silence was your best quality.

Vesuvius · Post by **Vesuvius** » Sat Aug 16, 2003 7:04 am

Ciao Regis,

Silence is YOUR best quality too!

Vesuvius

username · Post by **username** » Sat Aug 16, 2003 8:37 am

haha..that was funny...it is my best quality....hey i never said i knew what i was doing....i told you it was bad...i want more bad reviews...bring it on....i love it

Jo · Post by Jo » Sat Aug 16, 2003 5:14 pm

Words do not have to be arranged in a particular meter, rhythm or rhyme to evoke powerful feelings.

I find this imagery poetic and stirring.

Jo

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Sat Aug 16, 2003 10:21 pm

Actually, for me, Regis/matt, it was rather/quite Leonardlike to me. My first thought was, "Hmmm......where did that come from? I wonder why he didn't credit it appropriately." I like it very much. Much preferred to your silence, in fact.

My thoughts in proper sequence were: (1) a line [your title in asterisks] of Leonard's, that you expounded upon and my initial "Hmmm....come from?" (2) [while reading the body of your piece], a line of someone else's that Leonard expounded upon (3) [after reading it all], a line of Leonard's that Leonard expounded upon (4) why isn't Leonard's name in here somewhere?

~ Lizzytysh

margaret · Post by **margaret** » Sun Aug 17, 2003 12:40 am

It struck me also as having been taken from Leonard's poems from his book "death of a lady's man", maybe the one called "she has given me the bullet " As also did another poem you posted Matt, about beauty which reminded me of some lines in "I left a woman waiting"

username · Post by **username** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 4:40 am

none of you will believe me but the only books of poetry i've read from Leonard Cohen have been "The energy of slaves" and "Spice Box"..those were the only two in my school library..and well i can't seem to buy any of his other books becuase they all seem to be out of print. Oh and i've read his bio called "various positions".....i'm much more cultured to his music side. In fact those are the only two books of poetry i've ever read in my entire life. Usual i get bored by page two and half to throw the book away.

This is how i've always written since late high school (i'm now 21), and is probably the reason i was drawn to Cohen. I've only heard any of his stuff (songs, books, and poems) in the last year or so.

Hey, if you guys say it seems like plagirism, i hope its plagarized well..

thanks for all the comments...i'm surprised theres not more negative responses...oh well..maybe i am too self deprecating

as usual, i check no spelling, so i hope its readable

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 3:56 am

Well, if this is you, Matt, and I'm believing you that it is, you are writing very intrigueingly and I certainly hope you keep it up. I thought it was great that Leonard's books of poetry are the only two you've read in your life.