there's this guy, you might have heart of him

Basket

You should go
from place to place
recovering the poems
that have been written for you,
to which you can affix you signature.
Don't discuss these matters
with anyone.
Retrieve. Retrieve.
When the basket is full
someone will appear
to whom you can present it.
She will spread her wide skirt
and sit down
on a black stone
and your basket will bounce
like a speck in sunlight
on the immense landscape
of her lap.

Leonard Cohen, 2006
Book of Longing