Herbert Nehrlich Poems

All human beings have a hole
that carries out a special role.
It sends the end results of food
which starts its life by being chewed
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A rose stood at the forest's edge
and shook its noble leaves,
when from the nearby sturdy hedge
the echo of dry heaves
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A donkey stood inside his box,
and, looking down saw four white socks.
As just that day the donkey's teacher
had said that socks ain't donkey features.
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There once was a little swine
he was partial to blueberry wine
and he had a fat mother
who had smothered his father
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....and thus it came to pass,
the one they called the 'village idiot',
a gentle, friendly, somewhat pudgy
but always smiling growing teen.
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The Gods announced my funeral
I was too shocked to shake.
Went on my knees and asked if I
could just attend the wake.
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'But Officer, you surely are mistaken.
Perhaps it is your gadget getting old.
I never speed or break the law, you're making
an error of good judgment here, be told.
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Yes, I will keep you warm
in my cosy lap
and I will muss up your hair.
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I hate this cage.
They tricked me
as I was going
and coming
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The little boy looked in my eyes,
with sadness, hint of tears.
I thought it time to realise
that here, in front of Sears,
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