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Matt Cohen Not Leonard CohenI've pretty well given up searching usedbook stores in Canada for Leonard Cohen You never find any But there are lots of books by Matt Cohen I have no idea who he is, but I really do feel for him, poor guy passed over time and time again by frustrated browsers His books dog-eared by the constant pushing and prodding and pulling only to be slammed back into the shelf in frustration "Matt" Cohen Who is this guy? Man, he's got a lot of books Is he a cousin or something? There isn't a used book store in Canada that doesn't have books by Matt Cohen Who sold them? Why? I asked myself these questions many times Did Matt Cohen know about this? Did anyone ever bring it up at a party? I pictured Matt Cohen, livid, smashing a wine bottle against a wall "Shut Up! SHUT UP! Quit bugging me. They finally give me decent covers on my books and I still have to hear about Leonard Cohen..." I actually did buy a Matt Cohen book once, a collection of short stories by Montreal writers that he had edited Curiously, it got sold when I moved to Vancouver "Why, Ralph, why?" Last night I dreamt Matt Cohen was at my window, his sad eyes peering into my bedroom "Why did you sell it? Why?" "I don't know! I don't know!" I yelled, the desperate whine of a culprit caught in the spotlight Matt Cohen wiped a tear from his eye and was gone Back into the eternal night of Canadian winter |
© 1998, Ralph Alfonso
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