gershon hepner Poems

Reading letters written by
her sister, Nazneen learns that life
can be romantic, and will try
to play the role of cheating wife,
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If omissions are not accidents,
what’s included may not be
deliberate, and often makes less sense
than silence, best of derniers cris.
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Not forgotten or past over, though
the numbers simply can’t be comprehended,
which is the reason why we tend to know
far more about the way that Anne’s life ended
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Hard to find for prostate rhyme, and reason
won’t always correlate with scores of Gleason,
the bottom line not length of catheter
but of survival. Don’t let math deter
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Two anniversaries on January twentyseven
coincide.The birth of Mozart is the first,
the Auschwitz liberation second, meaning heaven
can lead the way to hell and not prevent the worst.
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The people whom I always meet
at weddings and at mitzvah bars
are those with whom it’s not a treat
to be with. I don’t ask for stars
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Only when the reader is engaged
is all the energy that is kinetic
released from poetry when it is paged
by poets who attempt to be aesthetic.
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His first job was as extra in
'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.'
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Irresistibly mendacious,
easy going and agreeable,
beware attorneys being gracious,
for their hours are all feeable.
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When life gives a bum rap, don’t kvetch and don’t bitch,
for weeping solves nothing, it’s better to chortle
when forced to strike out once delivered the pitch
that tells us the game’s up since we’re only mortal.
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