Herbert Nehrlich Poems

Who now would move to Arizona,
or California at that
we shall not talk about corona
or corazon to take to bed.
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A jury sat around a tree
to judge a man for treason.
The foreman said 'how can it be
this fellow had no reason.
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The crazy runner runs so much
that all his precious glycogen
is used up and he feels as such
like blimps without the hydrogen.
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To the people who visit this place
you ain't part of the same human race
my apologies to
the few normal ones who
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To visit you was our treat,
my older brother loved you.
Though from the moment we did meet
you thought I wasn't up to
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A postage stamp, handsome and male
in a drawer, was fast growing stale.
When two fingers reached in
took him out of the tin,
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Give to the poor, the victims of tsunamis,
of wars and earthquakes, natural disasters.
Reach deep, my friend, the altruist in you
ensures a place, eternal be your life.
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At birth it is a rather small
and barely visible at all
identifier for the folks
and butt at times for silly jokes.
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I'm through asking.
It seems to be an imposition,
and what the hell,
I do not need it now,
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It was a beautiful Mercedes, two seater,
ebony black, the top stowed in the back,
I asked the clerk, blonde, young and shy,
if it was hers, and she, being a quickie,
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