gershon hepner Poems

Not a hero to revere,
like Washington or Paul Revere,
he made the French join in our spat
with George III, a diplomat.
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“Sperm donors cannot be anonymous, ”
declares the California Court Supreme.
The father of the sperm, eponymous,
derived from products of a daywet dream,
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Brilliance, passion, doubt and terror
are what made Michelangelo divine,
yet he concealed his every error
by hiding drafts of each design,
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The retina sees green and yellow patches,
but eyes defeat the camouflage;
a lion in the foliage
is recognized, as visual cortex matches
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Insecure, and though alert, alarmed,
the infidels no longer can ignore
the war cries of believers who have harmed
the fabric of society. At war
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Listening to crooners as they sang
their sentimental lyrics,1940
to ’60, with a whimper and no bang,
made one feel the world was never naughty.
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The people who’re afraid to merge
on freeways in Los Angeles
would in the past have lacked the urge
to sail the wide world’s seven seas.
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The muse of fire
came from the bush that, burning
hot,
had startled him, while turning
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A particle in one place sometimes is
affected by one in a distant place,
and though when you are close enough to kiss
you may be far too close to see the face
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When Judah from his brothers had descended
he married Shua’s daughter, Canaanite.
His firstborn’s marriage very quickly ended
when God killed him––before his wedding night
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