Paul Hartal Poems

The nephron never saw the sunlight.
Yet he was a very curious nephron
and decided to peer into the outside
world somehow. He was talking about
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The man, a Swiss German,
who bore the colorful and poetic name of
Paracelsus Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus
Bombastus von Hohenheim was born in 1493
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"Listen", said the Porcupine. "I am totally serious."

"You try to scare me again", said the Octopus.
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October comes with vivid colors
Maple trees greet the wind with gentle tremors.
The autumn park variegates throughout
But there are things not to talk about.
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We
Can
Create
Wealth for all
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Can a cactus sing, or talk?
It seems it can: Reality is stranger than fiction.

But wait:
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Salvador Dali painted "The Persistence of Memory" in 1931.
It depicts a surreal landscape with fluid, melting pocket watches.
On one of these, painted in orange color, ants huddle
And gnaw the soft dial, enhancing the eerieness of the scene.
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One day in the lager
I saw a young and arrogant SS officer.
I was then a prisoner near Vienna,
In Strasshof an der Nordbahn,
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People already in prehistoric times, and on different
continents, speculated about the origins of sickness.
Yet they commonly believed that illness was the result
of supernatural causes, of demonic influences,
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