gershon hepner Poems

Dreams don’t come when they’re invited,
after knocking on the door,
They happen when you’re unexcited,
expecting very rarely more
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The bitterness of last goodbyes,
the moment the goodbyes begin,
should never come as a surprise,
like when you are surprised in sin,
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Do unto as you would
have other do to you, Hillel
declared. In order to feel good
about yourself, you have to tell
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When young and old girls who’re resilient,
are searching for a man who’s brilliant,
and get a touch of apoplexy
because no one they meet is sexy,
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Lana, sweater girl defined,
when finding bras to be confining,
said merry widows were designed
by men, supposedly designing.
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Light seemed naturally the word
God would say first, the second heaven,
dry land surprisingly the third.
He named man on day six, but seven
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Life isn’t about truth, it’s all about
mere probabilities, which means
you cannot cure your allergies to doubt
with proofs like antihistamines.
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Sweet and headier than wine,
lilacs tell girls to be ready
to lift, erotic, the hemline
of dresses, made by bouquet heady.
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Since we must deal with probabilities,
we must hardwire doubt, which is their rival,
in order that research facilities
called brains provide the fittest with survival.
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With those that brung you, you have gotta
dance though they may step upon your toes,
it’s more cheesy than ricotta
not to, but you don’t have to propose.
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