Herbert Nehrlich Poems

Hazel or green,
I did not take
the time to ascertain
(admittedly these words
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She was leaning, you do get my drift?
And the meaning, it gave me a lift.
All she wore down there, nether
was a single blond feather
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All year I had behaved,
with not a friggin' hair
or sound of dissonance
in sight for those who looked.
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I have a little brown-eyed horse
it bites me from behind,
shows neither mercy nor remorse
I wish my horse were kind.
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The Gods announced my funeral
I was too shocked to shake.
Went on my knees and asked if I
could just attend the wake.
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'But Officer, you surely are mistaken.
Perhaps it is your gadget getting old.
I never speed or break the law, you're making
an error of good judgment here, be told.
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I hate this cage.
They tricked me
as I was going
and coming
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Yes, I will keep you warm
in my cosy lap
and I will muss up your hair.
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All human beings have a hole
that carries out a special role.
It sends the end results of food
which starts its life by being chewed
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A rose stood at the forest's edge
and shook its noble leaves,
when from the nearby sturdy hedge
the echo of dry heaves
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