Herbert Nehrlich Poems

I watched you go,
slide down the waterfall,
your headlights leading
perky
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He wanted, doubtless, show her who he was
impress her with a feat that raised the bar
to unknown heights, so he prepared a drum,
a barrel, sourced from vintners in Vermont,
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If lipstick is your new-found life
you came back in bright red.
And found a job with G'man's wife,
went with her to her bed.
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Midnight had come,
although without me,
I lay asleep
in Dreamland
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Humpty Dumpty went to the Mall
tripped over Santa, had a big fall.
All of the reindeer and Mrs. Claus
dragged Humpty Dumpty into his house.
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You know, my sweet heartbreaker,
you sometimes outdo yourself
when I would have thought that
further sweetness would not be possible.
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I wake up in the night,
and wander down the hall.
And, due to darkness,
'merde', I stub my toe
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Some people play the numbers game,
become obsessed with threes and fives
and then consider it a shame
that others live numberless lives.
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The Fatherland, that's where it all began.
A Christmas Market held in 1434.
The town of Dresden, needless to say,
where candles, toys and sweets
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What is a man who hesitates and hides
when faced with great adversity of friend, or you
an inner voice out for survival is what guides
his actions in withdrawal is his Waterloo.
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