Herbert Nehrlich Poems

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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Today is the day goddammit.
Not just another Monday
with all its pressures and urges
and society commitments and
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Little minds singing
hollow pendulums swinging
low-octane pinging.
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Man wird im Leben of verkohlt,
das kommt von der Natur.
Wir Alten werden ueberholt
man schickt uns noch zur Kur.
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A dog finds always a good reason
to scratch with pleasure, during season.
All other times he sharpens claws
and licks the daylight off his paws.
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There once was a fellow from Britain
who had recently thought of and written
with a grain of defiance
a great book of true science
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Says Rhubarb to the Stinging Nettle
will we have time to judge and settle
our differences on this patch?
I say a Rhubarb is a match
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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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It must have been a holy man who left
the gadget at my door that governs time.
And using it feels eerily like theft,
which in my eyes sure qualifies as crime.
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