Herbert Nehrlich Poems

What struck me were her eyes.
When the first spark
discharged itself,
down at the docks
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Just twenty klicks on Friday after work,
the stubby shorts, my T-shirt of Desire,
I need the exercise to stay within some reason
we now have summer here, the temperature is up.
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My mother told me
on a day when all
my necessary actions
were going well,
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To treat the people who are free
and make them better yet, indeed
a chemical lobotomy
is just the tool that we all need.
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There is so much debating
on this well-travelled forum
about the poets' rating
and less about decorum.
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And may I be permitted to include
my happy wishes for this aging dude?
I've nothing but respect for him of course,
but struth I feel the same about a horse! ! ! !
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The Moon with finely chiselled face
awoke to see his ancient foe
dress up with gold-embroidered lace
to execute her morning show.
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It was a hole, size of a dime.
Had penetrated his left eye
a Southern California crime
they use their guns there, never shy.
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Since I had just arrived
from foreign shores
where men are shy
and women tease,
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'Father, bless me and forgive me, I have sinned.
I have doubted the great wisdom of our Lord.
I was in the backseat of my boyfriend's Volvo,
when the windows very suddenly steamed up.'
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