gershon hepner Poems

Only on the firm foundation of despair
can habitations of the soul be built
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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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Secular literature is a war
that’s fought against clichés.
Biblical literature, stories and law,
is mainly yeas and nays
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The pot once in a fit of rage
said to the kettle: “You are beige! ”
Refraining from a rage attack,
the kettle did not say: “You’re black! ”
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How admirable the stately trees
that make no sound until a blast
of wind in autumn makes them sneeze,
as on the ground their leaves they cast.
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What you’re wearing after sex tells me
much more than what you wear before it.
The miniskirt before that lets me see
far up your legs is perfect, I adore it,
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I don’t know why good people wish
to act as though they’re bad,
and why you see the bad ones fish
for compliments, so glad
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Fast and funny, smart and very nimble
is his mind, the poet thinks,
making what is complicated simple,
mixing metaphors like drinks,
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Between grief and nothing some will take grief,
but those who take nothing will surely regret
that they can’t be robbed in good time, that’s a thief,
of memories grief cannot make them forget.
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