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I wanna make an art-house film for an art-house ..

A Poem by Philip Gaber

I wanna make an art-house film for an art-house crowd.There’ll be no emotional climax, and it won’t reach a clear conclusion, but it wil..

a rare tolerance to the future

A Poem by Philip Gaber

It was a choice between “Birth of the Cool” and “A Love Supreme.”Nobody could make a decision.They were all too busy complaini..

something distinct and challenging, all on its own

A Poem by Philip Gaber

So now they’re all holding rallies, thinking they’re going to be the ones to set this country on fire again. But who’s kidding whom?..

inexhaustible blues

A Poem by Philip Gaber

I pack my bags and move to West Hollywood among a cluster of homosexuals who don’t hit on me.My landlady is Israeli. She automatically assumes I..

keeping my vigil

A Poem by Philip Gaber

Let me get something settled cause you’re gonna hear all kinds of stories about me.Yes, I am a fallen man.I was tempted by the serpent and belie..

teach me your ways

A Story by Philip Gaber

I was alone,unemployed,living on assistance from the United Way,riding mass transit to job fairs,eating ramen noodle soup and Kraft mac and ch..

it never hurts to self promote

A Story by Philip Gaber

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diffusion of responsibility

A Poem by Philip Gaber

Undigested thoughts,malignant ideas andlicking the frosting off a dream.Dressing up as Bozo,sitting under thePawpaw tree,wondering if thecataclysmic k..

'nuff said.

A Poem by Philip Gaber

My friends keep asking me after they read something I've written, "Don't you have anything longer?"I ask them what they mean by longer?They scratch th..

to plunder and misrepresent

A Story by Philip Gaber

I hadn’t worked in, like, a year. I was living on unemployment. I’d get calls from friends and family members. “Fou..