RELIGIOUS STATUES After a while I started playing with dolls I loved their peaceful expressions They all had their places in a corner of Room 315 I would say to myself: It doesn´t matter that you can´t breathe that you are hopelessly involved in the panic of the situation - It is the will of G-d I´d light a cigarette and a stick of Nag Champa Both would burn too fast in the draft of the ceiling fan Then I might say something like: Thank You for the terms of my life which make it so painfully clear that I am powerless to control You and I´d watch CNN the rest of the night from a completely different point of view Copyright © 1999 by Leonard Cohen. All rights reserved. Reprinted here with Leonard Cohen's permission. Photo © 199 by Ratnesh Mathur, Mumbay, India Used with permission.