Himmler`s Smile

why did such an evil man always smile ?

A talking head

that shuts out light,

as big as a black moon falling.

A bad boy with silver eyes,

the entrance to a closed house,

holes rounded by a ring of smiles.

A sheet of glass

that looks at you

as you pass by a window.

Reviews

[Horizon K.]

This makes me ponder where a smile needs to come from to be an expression of genuine happiness... When there is emptiness or darkness or absence of heart, then what is a smile but a contortion of face? Elegant, how you put this together...

A sheet of glass
that looks at you
as you pass by a window.

[Ken Simm.]

The face smiles but the eyes never did to use an old cliche. This says that so much better.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

A stunning write as always Leslie. You craft your work as masters of poetry do and it puts you head and shoulders above all the reality 'TV poets'.