gershon hepner Poems

Living in the Holocene
period, Adam spoke to Eve,
pointing to where ice had been,
and declared: 'I don’t believe
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Did humans walk into the parlours
of neighboring Neanderthalers,
and did miscegenation follow
in a cave or sleepy hollow?
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“I'll take the mazuma, ” said Jesus to Mary,
“and afterwards I have to dash.”
“Stop acting like a baby boomer, ”
said Mary, indignant. “They don't take cash
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“Is it chilly? Do I need
bracelets? ” asked the ingénue,
who was going out to feed
where the better people do.
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Science fills the place once held by God,
although it’s shared by literature and art;
because his menu is considered odd
most connoisseurs will order à la carte.
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Nothin’ other than unwindin’
of unhappiness occurs
when I see that you’re not findin’
any part of me that stirs
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When I do my party crashing
I jump in with my arms a-thrashing,
and sit me down beside the host
until he’s offered me a toast,
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Deep feeling, though combined with airy whimsy,
provides as upbeat rhythmic threnody
for Monday morning quarterbacks with flimsy
excuses, pointing out no remedy
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When I set out to Angeles,
six thousand miles away,
my rhyme was on the spray,
and I was far from loneliness
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I
Thoughts of youth are very long,

and thoughts of middle age are shorter,
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