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Subject: Cohen: Teachers
Written By: vijeno on 12/19/02 at 05:25 a.m.
Hi,
can anyone help me out with a bit of info on Leonard Cohen's "Teachers"? I'm especially interested in the following lines:
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One morning I woke up alone,
the hospital and the nurses gone.
Have I carved enough my Lord?
Child, you are a bone.
I ate and ate and ate,
no I did not miss a plate, well
How much do these suppers cost?
We'll take it out in hate.
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What's a "bone" in this context (I'm not an english native speaker)? And what is he supposed to carve?
Thanx,
vijeno