Herbert Nehrlich Poems

Even Einstein couldn't handle the idea of
quantum mechanics, it was too radical,
after all, there was the comfort of that Newton,
a fine scholar who believed in predictability.
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As he rolls out of bed,
cotton sheets tangled
the usual sense of urgency
like unwanted regurgitation
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There sits, atop a cherry tree
a bird that badly needs to pee.
He's eaten cherries to his fill
and now is bloated, feeling ill.
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He'd promised her the world,
of course she knew reality.
A continent away, she slept
and dreamed about the man
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The plane touched down at LAX.
I'd nursed that tooth since graduation.
And I had hoped that the old Hex,
which might affect my presentation,
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By the time she reads this
I'll be in Alabama.
I ate the ham and pasta stew
and cleaned the fridge
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Love is not me
it is not you
but could it be
if in my shoe
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Now Valentine has come and gone,
the mop just never turned her on.
I think, I'm going to, next year,
give her a carton of cold beer.
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It's the heart that beats
its incessant tune
will it ever give in
at the change of the moon?
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From Pauling down to Marc Levine
it took a while but now we've seen
that lines of cancer cells will die
inside a vitamin, oh my!
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