gershon hepner Poems

Failure to identify a preposition
is very often the first sign of cog-
native dysfunction, so my latest mission
is making of such failures a new log.
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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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TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE


"To thine own self be true, " Polonius said,
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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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He who is taught only by himself
Will be by his own folly quickly mastered,
And he who takes books from my shelf
Without returning them is a great bastard.
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FIGHTS BETWEEN BULLS AND CONDORS AND TURKEYS

Fights between a bull and condor
as in the Andes in Coyllurqui,
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THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING


Though superstitions may not soothe
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UMBRAPHILES AND BEING PUT INTO THE SHADE


People who are lovers of the sun’s eclipses
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I WENT BACK TO MY PARENTS' HOME


I went back to my parents' home,
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