Noah's Arc Number Two Poem by Herbert Nehrlich

Noah's Arc Number Two

Rating: 2.8


The devil wears a single sock
the other foot is nude
he lives beneath a mossy rock
and thinks he is a dude.

I know you folks still do believe
that devils live in Hell
but no, from moss all devils weave
a web that they can sell.

They fool the masses with their tricks
and promise them great riches
their harvest is a happy mix
of clerics and bald witches.

So do not look toward the sky
for Heaven or for Hell
just mind those rocks as you walk by
step carefully, stay well.

Some day a giant flood will come
all devils under rocks
will stick like purple bubblegum
attached to single socks.

And Noah's Arc, now number two
will cruise a placid sea
all devils have been drowned for you
which leaves just you and me.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Ernestine Northover 16 January 2006

I think there's a bit of 'Edward Lear' here Herbert. It definitely has the feel and his type of way out unusual story telling. I loved the idea of the socks. Lovely flow, lovely words, knitted together nicely. Love Ernestine XXX

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Allan James Saywell 16 January 2006

true herbert true two people left, even money old nick lurks in one of them that is why i carry a club to football matches you never know Warm regards allan

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Raynette Eitel 16 January 2006

Now I get it! The troll under the bridge the three billygoats gruff tromped over were really the devil...and the billygoat gruff got rid of him. Then Noah came along and the rest is history. This is so complicated it just has to be true. Raynette

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Charles Chaim Wax 16 January 2006

a rare talent manifested here! humor and intelligence fused the funny lines one after the other spiced up with tidbits of the surreal keeping the mind off center for the next line to bubble up a smile in the reader a grand poem

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Yuliya Barannik 16 January 2006

I love it! i actually found it funny... like the rythm too.

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Jeremiah Shine 16 January 2006

that was a hopeful tale...i think. are all bald guys witches?

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