gershon hepner - lovetime

By the time that you have sworn
you’re hers, and sigh and shiver,
and she has vowed the same, don’t scorn
her oath when broken, but forgive her,
to make sure she reciprocates,
for every lover’s oath is broken.
Lovetime has pits like plums and dates,
expiring like a subway token
that takes you through the turnstile for
a day, or for a month perhaps,
until it closes like a door
to tunnels where there are no maps.

Maureen Dowd, in “What’s a Modern Girl to Do? ” in the NYT Magazine, October 30,2005, quotes Dorothy Parker:

By the time you swear you’re his,
Shivering and sighing,
And he vows his passion is––
Lady, make a note of this:
One of you is lying.

10/30/05

gershon hepner

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