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" A kite is a victim you are sure of.
You love it because it pulls
gentle enough to call you master,
strong enough to call you fool;
because it lives
like a desperate trained falcon
in the high sweet air,
and you can always haul it down
to tame it in your drawer.

A kite is a fish you have already caught
in a pool where no fish come,
so you play him carefully and long,
and hope he won't give up,
or the wind die down.

A kite is the last poem you've written
so you give it to the wind,
but you don't let it go
until someone finds you
something else to do. "

Leonard Cohen , The Spice-Box of Earth


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Leonard Cohen quote : A kite is a victim you are sure of.<br />You love it because it pulls<br />gentle enough to call you master,<br />strong enough to call you fool;<br />because it lives<br />like a desperate trained falcon<br />in the high sweet air,<br />and you can always haul it down<br />to tame it in your drawer.<br /><br />A kite is a fish you have already caught<br />in a pool where no fish come,<br />so you play him carefully and long,<br />and hope he won't give up,<br />or the wind die down.<br /><br />A kite is the last poem you've written<br />so you give it to the wind,<br />but you don't let it go<br />until someone finds you<br />something else to do.