gershon hepner Poems

In Combray, from the house of Marcel’s aunt,
two pathways led, to Swann and the Guermantes,
the former representing love, the latter
society accompanied by chatter
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If equal affection cannot be,
let the more loving one be me.
I’d say that to that stars, but wishes
like spoons they say jump over dishes,
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Beloved, do not let me be discouraged.
From sweetness of your lips let me be nourished,
while we together lie more close than rhymes
that drain into this poem like the dreams
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DO NOT LET ME BE DISCOURAGED


Beloved, do not let me be discouraged.
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If you kill off every demon
you may make yours angels die;
save them with your love and semen,
fruitful when you multiply.
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Follow women like a car
and you will not go wrong;
don't get too close to them, stay far
and keep the distance long
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TOPLESS


In order to have insight, do not concentrate:
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Only if you do not think
can you become the thought
of those who try make you shrink,
and nix you into nought.
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“Would you like to see my other tattoos? ”
is a question that sadly I rarely am asked
by ladies who tantalize with distant views
of the ink in their skin which they’ve boldly unmasked.
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In the upper range of superficiality I sing,
a counter-tenor high above the bass
whose voice proclaims that of profundity he is the king,
regarding what is superficial base.
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