Herbert Nehrlich Poems

Aunt Hulda, she slept in the nude
I stayed over, she called me a dude
Uncle Fritz told me 'NO'
in the closet you go
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Is there a man who never ate
his daily bread with tears,
is there a man whose destined fate
led to the land of fears?
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She liked her Saturdays, of course,
as it was family day and she would
dust off her high class shoes,
the ones that should have gone
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While you slept the sleep
of innocence,
two angels wept
hot tears of silence.
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Yes it is cancer,
a sternfaced doctor,
one for the stars
pronounced at once.
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What do we have
once kindness leaves?
Slips out the door
to find new shelter
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And do you hear it, from afar
the melody, so sweet and sad?
It is not I who picked the star
but it is good and I am glad
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I was so sorry, really.
On closing our heavy door
a slight resistance was detected
as if the hinges needed grease.
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What is it that your hungry mind still seeks,
have you not taken in all thoughts of science,
and philosophy and human failing, it reeks
your valiant effort, though fanatic, in defiance
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Sometimes, love is a very quiet breeze
Gently swaying May cherry blossom boughs.
Pink cotton candy drifts cool waves and tease,
Softening paired footfalls on stony paths
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