gershon hepner Poems

“The world is infinite, please let me off, ”
say mystics paradoxically but Ein,
with suffix Stein, discovered the Ein Sof
beyond where space and time both intertwine.
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When God said “Let there be some light! ”
divinely with His patter
creating Day One from the night,
He also made dark matter,
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On the one hand lies wine,
on the other lies piety;
with thy hand in mine
ignore what society
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Skeptics who are plagued by doubts,
like Pharaoh, must beware lest God
resorts to miracles and flouts
the laws of nature, acting odd.
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When efforts are redoubled
because you've lost your aim
you should feel very troubled,
for when you do the same
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Only on the firm foundation of despair
can habitations of the soul be built
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How disappointing to discover’
that we aren’t experts in ourselves,
and know less than our friends and lovers
and learned books upon our shelves
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Who was the man who sat last night
at the table next to ours,
trying to impress, but quite
as fallen as Trade Center Towers?
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As easily as right keys turn
the tumblers of a lock
we kiss each other as we burn
with equal love, and shock
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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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