gershon hepner Poems

Sometimes I just sit and think, man,
thinkman turned into a brinkman
who likes to challenge every point,
until the time is out of joint.
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TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE


"To thine own self be true, " Polonius said,
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Whoever you may be I know, itt seems,
and do not fear you, for you walk
in my reality, not in my dreams
where I first found you. Let’s not talk,
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“Stop thinking about sex, ” says Brian’s mother,
when Brian asks her, “Have I a big nose? ”
Cialis must have been for him a bother,
before it was invented, I suppose.
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In Israel ecologists are bringing back
all animals which Bible writings mention.
Of Persian fallow deer there was a total lack,
as there is now perhaps of decent menschen,
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Thierry Henry touched the ball,
by ref unseen, and wasn’t fouled;
the world observed the ref not call
a penalty, and Ireland howled.
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Up in the air while waiting for limbo,
living on tenterhooks, flying
from time like a pilotless, airheaded bimbo,
we act as if we are not dying
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ALTRUIST AND EGOIST

Beware of every altruist.
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MISTRESSING WITH NEAT RHYMES AND NEAR-RHYMES

Misstressing is a sin in rhyme,
but in the real world is quite licit,
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'Baroque prose poets who had lost their way' was the expression
That W. Somerset Maugham
Used for the authors of the famous King James Bible version, Demonstrating good form
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