Resting in his armchair one Sunday afternoon
Uncle Leon dozed and chose to die.
I say ‘chose', for he'd lived through Auschwitz
And was a man who did things his own way,
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Uncle Leon is an absolute gem. I love this to bits. I'll tell you why it's so good. Firstly, it's written so well. After the amusing explanation of the first two faces the way you've told us about the third is very clever. It leaves the reader free to take the poem off the written page, to exit at the question mark and to ponder further. It is brilliant. I tell you, I'm so struck by this work. Leon's dialogue too is perfect.
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Uncle Leon is an absolute gem. I love this to bits. I'll tell you why it's so good. Firstly, it's written so well. After the amusing explanation of the first two faces the way you've told us about the third is very clever. It leaves the reader free to take the poem off the written page, to exit at the question mark and to ponder further. It is brilliant. I tell you, I'm so struck by this work. Leon's dialogue too is perfect.