Herbert Nehrlich Poems

Wer reitet so spaet duch Nacht und Wind?
Es ist der Pfarrer und der Pfarrer ist blind.
Er traut seinem Pferd das nach Hause ihn bringt
und der Klang von vier Hufen ins Ohre ihm dringt.
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The road was dark,
conditions treacherous,
heat and humidity,
white ragged rocks,
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There once was a man from La Jolla
he could preach so it sure would annoy ya
'on the 4th', he would brag
'I shall burn your damn flag',
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I did, mein Herr,
stick up two fingers,
they had been treated
as you had asked
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She'd fiddled with her face,
applied a half a pound
of beige foundation from
La Maison de Charleroi,
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And once upon another time,
when all the animals had
settled their minor
disagreements over
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If he does not
it will be up to me,
it's all a question of
the methodology.
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Bergfreiheit township
was near the rainy forest
of prickly thistles.
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A roach came from his hiding place
and went straight to the freezer
he opened it, stuck in his face
when suddenly the geezer
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A most peculiar BANG was heard one silent night:
Snap - Crackle - Pop, the echo sounded much the same.
The people in the Loetschenthaler Valley
sat up in featherbeds to see what might
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