Herbert Nehrlich Poems

There are words in my head
in my limbs and my ears
there are some for the dead
and for those who can hear.
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It wasn't Lorin Mazel, of course,
how lucky can one get, I ask.
Some wanker from the provinces
he stepped up to the plate.
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He'd promised her the world,
of course she knew reality.
A continent away, she slept
and dreamed about the man
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The plane touched down at LAX.
I'd nursed that tooth since graduation.
And I had hoped that the old Hex,
which might affect my presentation,
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By the time she reads this
I'll be in Alabama.
I ate the ham and pasta stew
and cleaned the fridge
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Love is not me
it is not you
but could it be
if in my shoe
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My love, I hold your sweaty hand
as us unites eternal band.
Same sex like lovely Elton John
I say let's bring the puzzle on.
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They called him Teflon Pete,
he was the head of state.
He did not know defeat
until it was too late.
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Now Valentine has come and gone,
the mop just never turned her on.
I think, I'm going to, next year,
give her a carton of cold beer.
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It's the heart that beats
its incessant tune
will it ever give in
at the change of the moon?
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