Herbert Nehrlich Poems

I had been looking for that ancient book
for quite some time.
And found it, paid the lady with the soulful eyes,
that could, if looked into when vulnerable,
...

Tonight I drink, if only for one reason.
I drown not sorrow but the years that have slipped by.
The cop who wrote the ticket said: 'This silly season
means to feel high is quite okay but drive and do not fly! '
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'It's nothing but a PVC',
I said to number five,
'the heart must beat incessantly
to keep myself alive.'
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If God has given you
the precious chance
to thank your mother now,
it's in advance
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' I'm wearing black', she said.
'From blouse to underwear',
it was the first time that she had
asserted her autonomy
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Things did look good,
the reasonableness
was palpable that day.
Only that fellow Murphy
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It is called Coenzyme Q-ten
it's essential for women and men.
And the older you get
if your meets are not met
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Stanley Park, Vancouver.
A grizzly in a safe enclosure,
A Yankee doodle wanker
climbs in to say 'Hi There',
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At last, I think I understand,
your silence is not indifference
nor could it be a covert message
of a dislike, born out of disappointment.
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He walked a thousand miles
and thousands more,
it was as if obsession had befallen,
and thoroughly infested his whole being.
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