Philip Gaber : Writing

our time is up II

our time is up II

A Poem by Philip Gaber


I asked my shrink why my default setting is always, I'm a f*****g loser? Because you haven't chosen to change it to a new setting, he said. Hmm..
our time is up

our time is up

A Poem by Philip Gaber


My psychiatrist asked me to name some things I'm grateful for, but I couldn't answer him. After I sat in silence for about 30 seconds, he said, ..
road kill

road kill

A Poem by Philip Gaber


Did God create the universe? Was it made from nothing? Or did a guy named Schna Schna Schnoozylover just happen to come upon it by the side of the roa..
Emperess Skyvore

Emperess Skyvore

A Poem by Philip Gaber


Woman/Women: Let's see if I can get a rise out of this guy. (She does/they all do) Woman/Women: Oh, I didn't mean that kind of rise, you filth..
her DNA has style

her DNA has style

A Poem by Philip Gaber


Bijou's mascara runs into her worry lines, making her look even more worried than she has before.She has beautiful almond-shaped eyes, very sort of pr..
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..