Herbert Nehrlich Poems

He was the first to graduate,
top of his class at that.
Male nurse he was,
an oxymoron for the crowd,
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The season now is truly finished
and all our funds are well diminished.
I know a trick of how to be
by Easter, thinner and debt free.
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M and S she wrote, and T
the trigger just identified,
a finger points at little me
no one has cried, no one has cried.
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I'd sent it to you, longhand mostly,
forgetting that you would prefer
the English version, blow me down,
had spent a week to translate all
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T. Asks:

How can you say you're shy
When things you've said to me
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I kiss your noble forehead now
where precious thoughts hide near your brow,
they're neither sold nor are they bought
though some are very finely wrought.
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There was a melody,
few ears could hear
meant not for folks
or even lovers near.
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The postie looked as if to say
another batch has found its way.
So many cards to just one place
it really is, I think a case
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I asked you to suggest what I could do
to lift your spirits, make your life a fete,
I figured that by now you likely knew
what makes you tick and keeps you in the state.
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This poem is all about the advantages of old age.
There is just one.
And not everyone will end up with it.
It is called wisdom.
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