Herbert Nehrlich Poems

Last night I wore my purple dress
the doorbell rang, you'd never guess
who walked in with a bunch of flowers
and all his charismatic powers.
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My grandma had a special guest,
he had been told, 'young man, go West, '
by folks who knew whereof they spoke,
they also liked this handsome bloke.
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Bellbottom jeans
a clever means
to make more room
fruit of the loom
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The rains are early, animals are happy.
Yet, don't they realise they're seeing tears of angels?
So much to cry about and, oh, so little joy,
those tears may wash away the dust of hatred.
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When I am lonely
for human company
I pull myself up by the bootstraps,
- sometimes the suspenders -
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How vivid her quick smile,
full years could not erase
the memory.
The smile she woke me with,
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On the raft there was Huckleberry
on that day he was udderly merry.
As a bit of a pig
he was fond of the big
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There once was a fellow named D.
he had misunderstood little me.
Though his poems ain't bad
and he is a good lad
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Hear, hear about a deadly sin
it's known as common aspirin.
Each year four thousand children die
as misguided physicians try
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Oh Ernestine, oh Ernestine
do take a whole vanilla bean
and grind it up into fine dust
add to it nutmeg if you must.
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