Herbert Nehrlich Poems

Let's see now Herbie, some may call me that.
Permission granted to the genuine souls,
it started in the early fifties, Jesus, yes it did,
I'm looking back on a whole string of people,
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Roland cannot go to school,
his brother needs the trousers,
for shorts the weather is too cool
no clothes for rabblerousers.
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A maggot, high up in a tree,
lived there with family of ten,
in roomy hollows of decay
and she remembered back to when
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Rumours have it that they aim
to control the power game.
Conquer all and take the gold
through extremely quick and bold
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When the pious man in the dark mission
had to make a most awkward decision
would he cut with his saw
that embarrassing flaw
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It stands so proud,
majestic, weighed down
uplifted by
its own history.
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Glow little worm glow little worm
fly through the night,
blow all the candles out
always glow bright.
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Then I went home to sit and rest
down on my rocking chair,
the sun was setting in the West
and as I combed my hair
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'You insufferable small prick,
I will go get my walking stick,
I will beat your thick hide
'til the inside's outside
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....and when it slipped out of my fingers,
it landed on the tiles.
A vase from Alexandria,
a Pharaoh who smiles.
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