Herbert Nehrlich Poems

As if you didn't know.
It's nothing to do with you,
or me, for that matter.
It's circumstances,
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Pilshoffer was the name
of our old teacher,
'twas chemistry that made him
what he was and clung to.
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At last she had arrived, hips swinging.
Boobs leading,
heels clicking,
unhurried, rather strolling.
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A flower, young and pretty pink
stood where a sailor took his drink.
The sailor was a stocky man
and blocked the wind as big blokes can.
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There once was a grumpy old Kraut.
He would taste of the sauce and then shout.
After seventy years
and a million cold beers
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It had to happen, let me tell you all
God's only son was coming, Monday night.
Two bucks admission to the city's Mall,
fast foods to still the human appetite.
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Man wird im Leben of verkohlt,
das kommt von der Natur.
Wir Alten werden ueberholt
man schickt uns noch zur Kur.
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There was never a good joker
just a cheating mortgage broker,
it was business as usual in L.A.
Make your money just by cheating
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Says Rhubarb to the Stinging Nettle
will we have time to judge and settle
our differences on this patch?
I say a Rhubarb is a match
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A dog finds always a good reason
to scratch with pleasure, during season.
All other times he sharpens claws
and licks the daylight off his paws.
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