Wow! What?

…And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water

And he spent a long time watching from his lonely wooden tower

And when he knew for certain that only drowning men could see him

He said all men shall be sailors then until the sea shall free them

But he himself was broken long before the sky could open

Forsaken all most human he sank beneath your wisdom like a stone

And you want to travel with him…

Only a special few, of the many, of you approaching with me our junior geezer years will readily remember these lyrics.  If not, they are the second verse of the song  ‘Suzanne’ penned and performed by 35yr, old Canadian novelist and poet Leonard Cohen on his 1968 debut album. You can find and hear the full song at:  http://www.lyrics.com/suzanne-lyrics-leonard-cohen.html

As I remember, the common reaction to this supposed brilliance was Wow! Quickly followed by What? Of course, that was the point of being stoned. Sober listening had a lot more What? Than Wow!

If one is a free-expression artist; what/wow are career enhancers! The more you generate those reactions the larger your following = sales/income! The last I knew, Leonard Cohen was still obscurely travelling in the music industry having had a 40+ year career.

However, I stumbled upon a truth in the past few weeks. The Presidency of the United States is not the appropriate forum for free-expression artistry. Especially since only liberal democrats have access to the political pipe supplying enough of a toke to be wowed by the President. While the rest of us, reduced to ‘stems and seeds’ again, can only scratch our heads and say What? every time he speaks!

I was truly hoping that his ‘special’ announcement this week was that he was going to start raising funds for his ‘presidential library’. However, he is still high enough to believe he’s earned a second term.

His song was only good when we didn’t know what it was about. Now that we know it is nonsense; see ya!