Herbert Nehrlich Poems

' Yes, Mother, I do KNOW that age obliges.
It starts, you say, at eighty, so beware.
It does enhance your own idea of 'righteous',
as it allows you to transform myopic stare
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Sending two earlobe kisses your way
you have certainly spiced up my day
and the next time I doodle
it's for you a big strudel
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'Your illness is not curable,
we need to pull the plug right now,
conditions that are terminal
cannot be paid for by us all.'
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His name was Malcolm,
he hustled next to me
behind the counter of
beloved Martindale's.
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For those of you who are obese,
who never know just when to cease
obsessive and incessant stuffing,
who walk upstairs with lots of huffing,
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I look around for strictly scientific reasons,
to ascertain just what it is that makes the diff.
I spend considerable time here on the beach in all four seasons,
and while observing all and finally asking if
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The student asked, 'what is it then',
the answer came as it must come.
So here's a little lesson:
A naked mass of protoplasm,
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Spinach, carrots, artichokes,
will not grow the bones of blokes.
Ketchup, chocolate bars and chips
Coca Cola, frequent nips,
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Dear cigarette, are you my friend?
Your lovely smiles, are they for me?
The filter on your other end,
does it protect, is it the key
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You are the Mars bar in
the lion's cage.
The speck in the ionosphere,
and the bright bubble
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