Herbert Nehrlich Poems

The doctor wore his undertaker mask this morning.
Miss Jones was in to get the full report.
All tests completed and the biopsy is back.
The room is pregnant now with dark-skinned twins,
...

I had left the door ajar
for just a moment.
Looked up in time
to see a shadow.
...

He was utterly shocked and aghast
when his eyes looked down on his cast
he had thought it would be
from the groin to the knee
...

In answer to your underhanded query
and knowing that you have been rather puzzled,
it would surprise you, as a shoulderpadded dearie
that I have two, though one of them is always muzzled.
...

And people paused to listen.
So serious were the words.
'Breast Cancer claims so many lives,
we're looking for a cure,
...

When the waters receded
they returned to their home.
After all the excitement,
the stresses and the uncertainty
...

I'd placed her there with utmost care.
She lay supine and had some wine
a Bardolino, 'tinto vino'
inside her button, I was the glutton
...

I woke to this razzamataz,
down the street where my lovely Mahnaz
had her beautiful flat
and a picky old brat
...

Yet the big bad wolf
was a gentleman deep down.
He shared his victims.
...

.......and thinking about it
when the time comes,
that all learnings
will converge
...