Herbert Nehrlich Poems

How happy are the cows in grasses green! ! !
A steer who spots a lovely blond-haired cow,
and makes advances when her tail is seen
to wave invitingly.
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There once lived a spindly giraffe
it was made of some high-flying stuff
when its legs got arthritis
and his eyes blepharitis
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A Fact is something you can see.
And hear and smell and it can be
of any size or shape at all,
as well as short or big and tall.
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There was, yes, once upon a time
a hermit, who, with cause unknown,
had left society to climb
down from the ladder on his own.
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They said that she was old,
her puckered lips reminded
of the sphincter muscle,
all velvety, pursestring, and pale.
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Fluoridation is
a preposterous attempt
believed by dummies.
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A friend from overseas,
one who was half forgotten,
came for a visit just today,
to reminisce and see koalas.
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So, here you are my friend
so dead and all alone
for you it is the end
a pile of dust and bone.
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Be stupid, helpless and bland
it will, most unfailingly
let only God understand.
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A gummibird sat in the mouth
of a rhinocerus, down South.
He picked between the teeth and gum
removing every little crumb
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