Herbert Nehrlich Poems

Mist and fog,
brothers,
came once again
to see off dawn
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People come into our lives,
smiling, nodding, How are you?
They stay for a bit, smiling, nodding.
They eat off your table,
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At first you look without success
inside the inbox, what a mess!
But no one sent you any news
so is it time for P/H Blues?
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Longevity is what you get
when worthy genes meet to combine.
What happens in this world instead
is the creation of a line
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I do not care how much they would
give to buy me if they could.
I am poor and often starving,
desperately, slowly carving
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'He's just a kid', I thought.
Still wet behind the ears.
The patience that he brought,
a man of so few years,
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May the Lord be my shepherd
you can guide me to heaven
I would never be saved
if it were not for you.
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A shadow is a second fiddle
and always feels inferior
it tries to reach the golden middle
of things in the interior
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On the raft down the Mississippi
were the wife and her husband Hippie.
When they brought back the melons
from the striped, shackled felons
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If you drink
you die
if you don't
you cry.
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