Herbert Nehrlich Poems

Well, in a convoluted sense
I'm always here, in residence.
It's true I thought you were asleep
but I had promises to keep.
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A fly sat on a blade of grass
and leisurely there scratched his ass.
The leaf was drooping due to heat
the summer sun was a repeat
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When I was still home in my hive
Dad said PUT your gray matter in DRIVE.
Doing AS I was told
made me fearless and bold
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An ipod for Tara is the least they can do
but I'm sorry that no one would give me a clue.
Did she win it in England or the world as a stage
was her poem a lovesong or expression of rage?
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I dreamed Sunday night I was loony
and my grandfather was Mickey Rooney.
But wouldn't you know it
there's a wonderful poet
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Little minds singing
hollow pendulums swinging
low-octane pinging.
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The day has come,
the baby needs to be
examined thoroughly
she takes the boy
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Today is the day goddammit.
Not just another Monday
with all its pressures and urges
and society commitments and
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Still in pyjamas I awoke,
thought to myself 'this is a joke'.
Said out aloud, 'Attila, brother',
reached for the phone and called my mother.
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A man, sweat dripping from his brow
earns his first bread and now knows how.
From bread to ham the step is small
and now the appetite wants all.
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