Herbert Nehrlich Poems

People come into our lives,
smiling, nodding, How are you?
They stay for a bit, smiling, nodding.
They eat off your table,
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At first you look without success
inside the inbox, what a mess!
But no one sent you any news
so is it time for P/H Blues?
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Longevity is what you get
when worthy genes meet to combine.
What happens in this world instead
is the creation of a line
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'He's just a kid', I thought.
Still wet behind the ears.
The patience that he brought,
a man of so few years,
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May the Lord be my shepherd
you can guide me to heaven
I would never be saved
if it were not for you.
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A shadow is a second fiddle
and always feels inferior
it tries to reach the golden middle
of things in the interior
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On the raft down the Mississippi
were the wife and her husband Hippie.
When they brought back the melons
from the striped, shackled felons
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If you drink
you die
if you don't
you cry.
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At the edge of Fallbrook Forest
so distant from the city, inhabited
by Haves and Have-Nots,
I dwell, a cabin without shutters
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I do not like them, not at all.
Their feline nature drives me mad,
in Summer, Winter, Spring and Fall
our cat, named Lucy made me sad.
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