the many people

I Wonder How Many People in This City
{from "The Spice-Box of Earth"}

I wonder how many people in this city
live in furnished rooms.
Late at night when I look out at the buildings
I swear I see a face in every window
looking back at me
and when I turn away
I wonder how many go back to their desks
and write this down.


- leonard cohen

{photo: DENISE}