gershon hepner Poems

Before guys notice clothes and legs and décolleté
they pay attention to a woman's lips,
and they're painted they will try to find a way
to check their taste before she even strips.
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IT'S NECESSARY TO TALK ABOUT THE TREES


It's necessary to talk about the trees
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A taste as old as cold, cold water,
don’t put them in long drinks, but shorter,
martinis or a Bloody Mary.
They clear the head and make it airy,
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Three matriarchs appeared quite sterile,
Sarah and Rebekkah and
young Rachel who, though fair, was feral
when Jacob worked to seek her hand.
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Funerals and weddings are about
the family you’re embarrassed to belong to;
as soon as arrive you’re filled with doubt,
and wish to leave, but know it would be wrong to.
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Laertes thinks her madness is felonious,
at Hamlet taking peevishly pot-shots,
recalling his own paths called by Polonius
primrose, while she picks forget-me-nots.
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From Aristophanes to Sam-
uel Beckett comedy provides
redemption for the world you damn
by pointing out its funny sides.
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Nemesis while being stealthy
stalks the people hubris maims
while playing, wise and strong and wealthy,
their non-Olympian games.
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LA MELINCHE

Proud Cortes loved her. La Melinche,
crossed over to his camp,
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KATE'S SEE-THROUGH DRESS

They say Prince William first saw Kate
in a fashion show, when wearing
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