Herbert Nehrlich Poems

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21.
A Devil Called Hurricane

So many faces
this turbulent devil
possesses,
seemingly,
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22.
She

....and when you asked me to lie back
I didn't have a clue, of course...
I thought we'd paused along the track
to rest our bones,
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23.
A Minute

'Just wait a minute, ' that is what I hear,
I'm an impatient one who doesn't have much time,
yet it has been my lot to be quite far, not near,
from action needed prior to the clock's next chime.
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24.
Poets That Drivel And Snivel

Inferior minds do tend to clutter
these pages with their endless drivel,
why is it that they're glad to mutter
their thoughts from convoluted swivel
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25.
A Dilemma

It is so sad
when clarity
gives way to
frank befuddlement.
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26.
...Not Far From The Tree

An apple bored to just be hanging
had tried, through frequent heavy banging
to cut himself loose from the tree,
he wanted also to be free,
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27.
A Twinkling, Obnoxious Little Silver Star

She'd sent me stars, two handfuls in that myst'ry package.
And when I opened to unpack they came like swarms
of silver insects, bright and ready to invade.
A silver touch, I thought, the carpet was a-glitter,
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28.
A Killer Wants Justice

My aunt was old and very weak
but rich up to her ears.
She had much gold and silver, too
and therefore many fears.
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29.
La Tour Eiffel

So, I look down from liberating heights
into the boulevard of a French morning.
And for those doubting Thomases, not gallic:
Yes, it does sway, enough to squeeze your sphincter.
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30.
....And Many Happy Returns

He had just celebrated,
with kindred friends and spirits
his seventieth.
The guests now gone
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