Laura wrote:

Leonard Cohen for my Dearest Alysia
Just thought i'd write this out b/c even i can't seem to find it anywhere on the web...so here it is Babe!

The Cuckold's Song - written by Leonard Cohen in his book The Spice-box of Earth

If this looks like a poem
I might as well warn you at the beginning
that it's not meant to be one.
I don't want to turn anything into poetry.
I know all about her part in it
but I'm not concerned with that right now,
This is between you and me
Personally I don't give a damn who led who on:
in fact I wonder if I give a damn at all.
But a man's got to say something.
Anyhow you fed her 5 MacKewan Ales,
took her to your room, put the right records on,
and in an hour or two it was done.
I know all about passion and honour
but unfortunately this had really nothing to do with either:
oh there was passion I'm only too sure
and even a little honour
but the important thing was to cuckold Leonard Cohen.
Hell, I might just as well address this to the both of you:
I haven't time to write anything else.
I've got to say my prayers.
I've got to wait by the window.
I repeat: the important thing was to cuckold Leonard Cohen.
I like that line because its got my name in it.
What really makes me sick
is that everything goes on as it went before:
I'm still a sort of friend, I'm still a sort of lover.
But not for long:
that's why I'm telling this to the two of you.
The fact is I'm turning to gold, turning to gold.
It's a long process, they say,
it happens in stages.
This is to inform you that I've already turned to clay.

Thanks, Laura. I stopped the sort of friend bit, you'll be interested to know. And yes, I cried against my kitchen wall, but I woke up heady with a decision that had sat to long waiting to be resolved. The decision hangover was awful, but today I arose with a smile, then a grimace. I grimaced because today was the All Canidate's Meeting, which left me feeling a little overwhelmed. I have little confidence in my own abilities, so I'm quite glad I'm teamed up with such smart people, otherwise I'd get ruled that's for sure. Campaigning is gonna be no fun at all, but it must be done.