Herbert Nehrlich Poems

The tunnel was so dark
it scared the rats that roamed.
They went in packs to re-assure
themselves and hold each other's hands.
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And God did know
the time would come
when all the birds were silent
and rivers stopped.
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My travels on that day
had led me to Dan Murphy.
The biggest liquor store
in all of our Down Under.
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Uncle Julius had a ball
he-i-he-i-ho.
Lost the other in a fall
he-i-he-i-ho.
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She was so bloomin' young!
And blooming truly is the word.
I smelled the innocence at once,
while focusing my longing eyes
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YOU are my flower.
The loveliest flower
that exists
in this world.
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You know, sweet lips, I would have
if time and circumstance had granted
the opportunity to be immersed
in death, your death, to share with you.
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'twas early morning at the house,
a breeze was toying with the trees.
Inside the pantry lived a mouse,
who nibbled there on Allan's cheese.
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He sits and sweats
over those words
at last he gets
what all the nerds
...

A rose of any colour smells as sweet
as you, with the exception of your feet.
May I suggest you plant inside your shoes
some roses, blacks and reds and also blues.
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