This morning I came across the last book with poetry of Leonard Cohen, the Book of longing.
my mind went back to early 80's when in our house there was always music of Theodorakis, Cohen,Xilouris, books of Nazim Hikmet,Papandreou while during elections my parents and their friends spent nights drinking, smoking and dreaming of a just society..
there is a nostalgia for this period which was a period of hope and anxiety..still have memories with my mam in Athens, in a tram when she made a joke about a right wing politician and I told her...shhhhhhhh mam they will listen to us!!!!!!!!!! and when the first socialist government was elected I remember her jumping in her jeans and t-shirt with a cigarette, kissing me...
of course they were very soon disappointed as every idealist..but they never changed..they still believe in social justice, I still find nice music when I go back home and discover magic books, enjoy conversations on participatory democracy and combat of poverty...
wrote this post while listening to Suzanne of Leonard Cohen..one of the first songs I ever heard as a child...
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