gershon hepner Poems

The forces that control how we behave are hidden, and
unconscious biases controlling us are so pervasive
that if we truly hope objectively to understand
our actions we must see the biases that are pervasive.
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In his famous book, Stendahl
describes a man who loves his aunt,
literarily scandale
to which I would be nonchalant
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Tricks are narrative competing
in contests for belief
between two parties never meeting
halfway. Like a thief,
each party steals attention that
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THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING


Though superstitions may not soothe
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I WENT BACK TO MY PARENTS' HOME


I went back to my parents' home,
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UMBRAPHILES AND BEING PUT INTO THE SHADE


People who are lovers of the sun’s eclipses
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Sometimes outselling “The Catcher
In the Rye” “The Lord of the Flies, ”
which comes from the land of Ms. Thatcher,
proves Britons tells far fewer lies
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The future will outlast
us all, but it is to
our present and our past
that postage must be due.
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I did it my way, in the song sings Paul Anka,
and this is the goal for which I also hanker,
but just like that song which is far better known
when it’s sung by Sinatra, I feel I don’t own
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He wasn’t Hendrik Ibsen, but
in “Laugh-In” he recited
a weekly poem, he the butt
of laughter, and delighted
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