A few days ago, I posted about Bono’s visit to Israel.
According to BuzzFeed, he left behind this note at the King David hotel:
In Jerusalem, hope springs eternal
Hope is like a faithful dog, sometimes she runs ahead of me to check the future, to sniff it out and then I call to her: Hope, Hope, come here, and she comes to me. I pet her, she eats out of my hand and sometimes she stays behind, near some other hope maybe to sniff out whatever was. Then I call her my Despair. I call out to her. Here, my little Despair, come here and she comes and snuggles up, and again I call her Hope.
With great thanks for great room in great hotel in great city, Bono.
Seems similar to the poem President Obama reportedly once left at the King David:
In Jerusalem, hope springs eternal
Hope is like a faithful dog, sometimes she runs ahead of me to check the future, to sniff it out and then I call to her: Hope, Hope, come here, and she comes to me. I pet her, she eats out of my hand and sometimes she stays behind, near some other hope maybe to sniff out whatever was.
Then I sprinkle some salt, and then some pepper, and eat her. She’s a little tough.
