gershon hepner Poems

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Thoughts of youth are very long,

and thoughts of middle age are shorter,
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Minor masterpieces, like delusions,
end far too quickly, but until
denouement ends them both, provide solutions
for those who find a major thrill
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“Claudius Civilis
should be more frivolous, ”
Amsterdam elders,
masterpiece gelders,
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A valve,
a door,
Salv-
ador.
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God, who is the Unmoved Mover,
battles man, deist disprover,
challenging as the unseen Chief
by champions of disbelief.
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Life’s a sight
for the eyes
that surmise
its delight.
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Together let’s have two-for-teasomes,
if you do not care for threesomes,
but don’t turn me down for coffee,
being priggish and stand-offy,
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In that dark place where I dwell
there are wounds that never heal;
please don’t tell me that you feel
my pain, for no one goes to hell
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Man’s quintessence being dust,
Hamlet felt that he could trust
no man as friend, for all could sow
betrayal, save Horatio.
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Eye of eternity,
striving to hear
of love and fraternity,
cold and austere.
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