Herbert Nehrlich Poems

A jury sat around a tree
to judge a man for treason.
The foreman said 'how can it be
this fellow had no reason.
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Bye, bye, oh my, to freaks like fry
I may be gone tomorrow,
I hear the great communal sigh
which signifies such sorrow,
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Raynette did ask about the stuff
it's called CHOLESTEROL,
we seldom really get enough
all else is hyperbole.
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What then you ask, might be a family
is it a bunch of people thrown together?
Or is it God's own plan up in his gallery
creating birds that share a common feather?
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The desert sand had covered most
of Ali's scrawny body,
his camel, down and bellowing
the sandstorm was ferocious.
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She carried on a bamboo pole
two pots to the old water hole.
One pot was cracked, it leaked a bit
the peasant though was very fit.
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In vino veritas said Bacchus with a smile,
there is no truth that comes from fork-ed human tongue.
Without the essence of my grapes of utter joy
how many mustang thieves would they today have hung,
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The crazy runner runs so much
that all his precious glycogen
is used up and he feels as such
like blimps without the hydrogen.
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To the people who visit this place
you ain't part of the same human race
my apologies to
the few normal ones who
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To visit you was our treat,
my older brother loved you.
Though from the moment we did meet
you thought I wasn't up to
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