Philip Gaber : Writing

it doesn’t get any easier, even if you keep a straight face

it doesn’t get any easier, even if you keep a st..

A Poem by Philip Gaber


The Wrong Rev wore a Dacron shirt,and began the eulogy by kissing astatue of the Buddha.“Brothers and sisters,” he said.“The lonely,..
preferring form to truth

preferring form to truth

A Story by Philip Gaber


My x-girl, with her hair, getting twenty hoursof unstoppable volume, and her face gettingthe deepest-feeling clean available just gother Ph.D. from Be..
as vaguea as he is flawed

as vaguea as he is flawed

A Poem by Philip Gaber


Failed poet said,“I stopped taking my meds because I didn’t like the way they made me feel. I walked around like a zombie, totally..
quotation

quotation

A Poem by Philip Gaber


"When you get born, your father and mother lose something out of themselves, and they are going to bust a hame trying to get it back, and you are it. ..
some equilibrium between writing and living

some equilibrium between writing and living

A Story by Philip Gaber


IThey’re sitting together on the couch watching some epic tragedy about obsession and discovery on Lifetime when he suddenly gets that queasy fe..
a spiritual sort

a spiritual sort

A Story by Philip Gaber


It was one of those parties where the guests were under-dressed,smoking from Hookahs and drinking either Cosmopolitans or Long Island IcedTeas.Very fe..
a rough full-contact love

a rough full-contact love

A Poem by Philip Gaber


I always seem to be craning my neckin order to get a better view of life.I always seem to be motioning my fingerstoward a destination unknown.I always..
A night of profound love

A night of profound love

A Story by Philip Gaber


I was looking for healing, so I drove to a house of ill repute.When I arrived, the madam took me by the hand and asked me to repentfor my sins, but I ..
trying to sleep the sleep of the just

trying to sleep the sleep of the just

A Story by Philip Gaber


It was our first date. She was on her fourth cosmopolitan. I was sippingsome oak-softened, full-bodied house wine.“See, now, you’re an int..
the balad of all i know

the balad of all i know

A Story by Philip Gaber


IThe phone would ring.“Hello,” I’d say.“You said you were gonna call me.”It was always Heidi,a girl I’d met at ana..