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woke up without a hangover

A Poem by Philip Gaber

I shower, shave, shovel some eggs down my throat, and worry about losing my job because my manager thinks I’m “unconventional and withdraw..

you can use vitamins to help a woman through those..

A Poem by Philip Gaber

She wore a white Sapphire ring. Chain-smoked Menthols. Always blew smoke rings. She’d sit at her desk, mumbling, “Wonder how much I should..

jet lag, loneliness and adrenalin

A Poem by Philip Gaber

Wherever he went he drew brazen stares.Rebellious, uninhibited character.Never wanted more than a conquest,never told a girl he wanted to have a relat..

anthem of a poignant reality

A Poem by Philip Gaber

There are days when all those secrets and issues come back to me like an extended, slow, acid flashback.There was something boldly experimental and od..

the artistic process is shady and subtle

A Story by Philip Gaber

I’d be off to the nearest bar drinking something the bartender had perfected in a test tube in the backroom, where he mainly saw inside tradinga..

some residue of character

A Story by Philip Gaber

wrenched out of some familiar life-pattern

A Poem by Philip Gaber

I never get the girl I like.I always get the gangly, angry girlwith guileless eyes and stringy hairwho has a tendency toward passivity.Or the gaunt, h..

he had a few things to sort out

A Poem by Philip Gaber

II moved to L.A., played drums in a band, and met Itzhak Grossman, who said he discovered The Doors.“Morrison was a drunk,” he said. &ldqu..

a chronological, complicated story

A Story by Philip Gaber

One morning, Jennyand I were lounging around (I think it was a Saturday because Bugs Bunny cartoons were on). She started talking all seriousand stuff..

my bohemian life in brooklyn

A Poem by Philip Gaber

Penniless theater major chain-smokes cigarillosand extinguishes them in a can of Red Bull, tightens her arms around her torso, making sure too much of..