Herbert Nehrlich Poems

The tunnel was so dark
it scared the rats that roamed.
They went in packs to re-assure
themselves and hold each other's hands.
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Now let me see.
I can imagine
how this philister
of philosophy
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YOU are my flower.
The loveliest flower
that exists
in this world.
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Did you hear of the dummy who cried
when the others went on their joy ride
they had counted to ten
and to do it again
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The German chemist, name was Runge, did discover
what is today the recreation drug of note.
He had been burdened by a rather frigid lover
and any chances of pizzazz were quite remote.
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Uncle Julius had a ball
he-i-he-i-ho.
Lost the other in a fall
he-i-he-i-ho.
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She was so bloomin' young!
And blooming truly is the word.
I smelled the innocence at once,
while focusing my longing eyes
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You know, sweet lips, I would have
if time and circumstance had granted
the opportunity to be immersed
in death, your death, to share with you.
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He sits and sweats
over those words
at last he gets
what all the nerds
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'twas early morning at the house,
a breeze was toying with the trees.
Inside the pantry lived a mouse,
who nibbled there on Allan's cheese.
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