Herbert Nehrlich Poems

To treat the people who are free
and make them better yet, indeed
a chemical lobotomy
is just the tool that we all need.
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And may I be permitted to include
my happy wishes for this aging dude?
I've nothing but respect for him of course,
but struth I feel the same about a horse! ! ! !
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It was a hole, size of a dime.
Had penetrated his left eye
a Southern California crime
they use their guns there, never shy.
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'Father, bless me and forgive me, I have sinned.
I have doubted the great wisdom of our Lord.
I was in the backseat of my boyfriend's Volvo,
when the windows very suddenly steamed up.'
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Since I had just arrived
from foreign shores
where men are shy
and women tease,
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The Moon with finely chiselled face
awoke to see his ancient foe
dress up with gold-embroidered lace
to execute her morning show.
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Bellbottom jeans
a clever means
to make more room
fruit of the loom
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Last night I wore my purple dress
the doorbell rang, you'd never guess
who walked in with a bunch of flowers
and all his charismatic powers.
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My grandma had a special guest,
he had been told, 'young man, go West, '
by folks who knew whereof they spoke,
they also liked this handsome bloke.
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When I am lonely
for human company
I pull myself up by the bootstraps,
- sometimes the suspenders -
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