Herbert Nehrlich Poems

Ich hatte eine Flasche Wein
wollt schicken sie an's Bruederlein.
Die Post war an dem Tag nicht offen
so hab' ich ihn dann selbst gesoffen.
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The snout was occupied,
just plowing over ground
that had been plowed before.
No truffles could be found,
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Zwei Flaeschchen Wein das muss mal sein
doch gibt es Saft dem Ueberbein.
Er bleibt im Zimmer dann allein
so muss es sein, so muss es sein.
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Es ist ein Fluch der sitzt am Berge Aeskulaps
er sucht sie heim, die Bauern und die Pfaffen,
man findet Ungereimtes innen doch,
Dukaten rollen, langsam vor sich hin.
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She was curled up on her mattress loosely covered by a sheet,
crimson rivers staining alabaster skin,
through French windows peeked a moon through thick Louisiana heat
marking out a most sardonic final grin.
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A dentist must adjust the wires
of braces with his stainless pliers.
The radio now is wireless
which leaves us simple folks to guess
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Inside a church they say Hail Marys,
the normal folks and all pale Harrys.
This old, angelic salutation
has bonds within God's own creation.
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Last time the world did smack my gob
I'd just imbibed a witchety grub.
The grub's intention was to slide
from uvula to my inside.
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A lonely little daffodil
sat crying on a sandy hill.
Her fiancée had taken ill
was buried forthwith by the Mill.
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Our God invented pains and aches
as well as those annoying breaks.
What doctor would not talk of DOOM
inside an empty waiting room?
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