Herbert Nehrlich Poems

You asked if my poetic skills
would be what an emetic fills
namely a basin of foul smelling
regurgitate, there is no telling
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Time has a habit in these parts
to show that it's been crafted
from tardiness and irresponsibility.
Its unexpectedness akin to farts
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The wolf asked li'l Red Riding Hood
if with a wolf she ever would
and seeing shock on her small face
he did not mount a full-blown chase.
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In Biologie
liegt die Wurzel des Lebens,
das darf man glauben.
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On Mondays I don't rise with all guns blazing
my head needs oxygen and interphasing.
Anoxic from the Cabernet (which folks are praising)
I find Fiona calling both of us well.....aazing!
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Attraction is
the
beckoning
of
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So that was it, the cross street was,
for reasons unbeknownst,
well hidden in the summer weeds.
I lusted now, that taste (it was a smudge)
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I ask you what's a man to do,
myself, I wouldn't have a clue.
She looks exactly like Godiva
and teases me with her saliva.
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The ancient window, looking to the Bay
had been her final stop, she simply had
collapsed into the rosewood rocking chair,
a cry of pain escaped when pelvic bones
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Flutter, flutter
on the window,
letters will arrive so soon,
Bringing news
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