All There is to Know About Adolph Eichmann by Leonard Cohen
All There is to Know About Adolph Eichmann
Leonard CohenEYES:……………………………………Medium
HAIR:……………………………………Medium
WEIGHT:………………………………Medium
HEIGHT:………………………………Medium
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES…None
NUMBER OF FINGERS:………..Ten
NUMBER OF TOES………………Ten
INTELLIGENCE…………………….MediumWhat did you expect?
Talons?
Oversize incisors?
Green saliva?
Madness?
MARGINALIA
Throwing away my papers in English class during freshman year. Found this poem. I think I was writing about the doctors and their cruel human experiments, especially Josef Mengele. There came a point when I needed to walk away, and in the library that meant going to the third floor and reading some poetry. But that day I couldn’t escape, couldn’t hide from the horror.
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This poem appeared in Selected Poems, 1956-1968 by Leonard Cohen, published by Bantam Books, 1971.
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