gershon hepner Poems

Timelessly I waste, awaiting
something that is less specific
than the joys of South Pacific
that cause me highly aggravating
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Like moths to the flame
the tabloids all flock,
and put men to shame
with a shudder of schlock.
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Bach means brook, which turns into a stream
of consciousness that flows
into the oceans of the mind, whose dream
its measures recompose
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Leaving empty spaces is more brave
than making sure that everything is filled,
and only when we’re silent can we save
the truth, that’s like a lily we don’t gild.
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Consider ants, so Solomon advised,
not realizing that it lives in super-
organisms, some so specialized
that they shift dirt and dung without a scooper,
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Union had a meaning almost mystical
for Lincoln, based on data not statistical,
but on the proposition all mankind is equal,
emancipation the inevitable sequel.
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The term right-minded people mainly
denotes the people of the left
who think those on the right insanely
have been of reason quite bereft.
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I’m not a slumdog millionaire,
and can’t find answers in a quiz,
but like a Luftmensch in the air,
with lots of jeeze but sans the whiz,
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Pain, the only force that is created
without effort and with very little cost,
is, once forgotten, underrated,
bitter herbs of Passover on Pentecost.
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Allowing spaces to be blank
creates a hidden presence for
the inspiration you can draw
by drawing from the mind,
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