gershon hepner Poems

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261.
Rahab

I sing of Rahab, meaning “Broad, ”
not “innkeeper—she was a whore,
and very proud to be a bawd,
a fact that puritans abhor,
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262.
Being Glabrous

If sexy women are appalled
by how you look since you are bald,
do not buy lotions that are sold
by charlatans, for you’ll be rolled.
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263.
Finish Fetish

Did Elohim, with finish fetish,
create by being aleph-betish,
and did He hope with resh, shin, tav
to end this so-called labor love,
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264.
Midlife Crisis

Shorthand for trying
to put the clock back and to be
as in your twenties and to flee
all thoughts of dying,
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265.
Boots Of Spanish Leather

Oh, from your own true love I fear that you’re sailin’,
you are sailin’ away far from me in the mornin’,
and when you are gone, my true heart will start failin’,
and I’ll feel morose, and start mopin’ and mournin’.
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266.
Ain'T Gonna Work On Your Farm No More

I ain’t gonna work on your farm no more
I ain’t gonna scrub all your floors,
I ain’t gonna take all your friends who ignore
what I do when they hide behind doors
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267.
Bar At The Folies-Bergere

The bar that Manet painted at Folies-Bergère
portrays a working woman who is un-
exceptionable. She seems to have no special flair,
and does not concentrate on having fun
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268.
Don'T Dance Me To The End

Don’t dance me to the end of love, but dance
me to the place where it resumes as if beginning
anew, each time, with nothing left to chance
except the penalties that come from sinning.
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269.
Al-Andalus

Al-Andalus not only proves
two cultures, Jewish and Islam,
can coexist-whatever moves
the branch that came from Abraham
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270.
Four Sons

In theory we should engage
with four sons, whom I list below,
including, at the top the sage,
at bottom he who doesn’t know
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