A Kite Is A Victim - by Leonard Cohen

A Kite Is A Victim

- by Leonard Cohen

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.

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- Leonard Cohen, 1969