(She Shows You Where To Look) Among The Garbage And The Flowers

suzanne
takes your hand
and she leads you
to the river
she is wearing
rags and feathers
from salvation
army counters
and the sun
pours down
like honey
on our lady
of the harbor
and she shows you
where to look
among the garbage
and the flowers
there are
heroes in the seaweed
there are children
in the morning
they are leaning
out for love
and they
will lean
that way forever
while suzanne
holds her mirror
--leonard cohen
(from "suzanne")