gershon hepner Poems

Architectural power is in vogue.
Architects are never vague,
which is why they are so close
to power centers. They have class,
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I’ll be author, you’ll be drama,
both of us will be directors,
thinking less about the grammar,
or production and prospectus,
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Like the burglar who distracts
the guard dog with a piece of meat,
the poet, serving meager facts,
intends the words to be his treat.
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“Roman Polanski is neither above
the law nor is he below it, ” is
what they are saying, because they don’t love
consensual forms of coitus
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THOSE WHO DON’T RETURN


More blessed are the ones who don’t return,
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Just like football helmets that create
illusions of invulnerability
irony can’t truly mitigate
the trauma of unthinkability.
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DEFENDING HELEN OF TROY


Though Helen of Troy appears most overamorous
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BEFORE THERE WERE CATS


Before there were cats all the birds had it great,
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HURRY THE CURRY


If journalism's literature that's in a hurry,
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Shed, shed yourself on me and mine,
and all your essence spill,
I mean the love I’ll drink like wine
and whisky, till I fill
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