Philip Gaber : Writing

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..
very lutheran and very agonized

very lutheran and very agonized

A Poem by Philip Gaber


The music coming from my trumpet was sarcastic and tongue-in-cheek.Ithad been ever since Sheila, the woman I’d been dating for seven years, hade..
something just short of disheveled

something just short of disheveled

A Poem by Philip Gaber


I moved around,here and there,sold mantras on the streetfor a buck seventy-five apiece,tried to become mainstreambut the counterculture wasn’t h..
serious freedom

serious freedom

A Poem by Philip Gaber


Blew into town like a reputable vagrant,with a pack of smokes and afull flask of apple jack and aquarter of a chip still lefton my shoulder.I checked ..
comfort

comfort

A Poem by Philip Gaber


The joke in those days was that Muriel Fink wasn’t sexy, just alive. Veryfew people ever laughed at that joke.To their credit.One night, a pries..
the trauma caused me to retract

the trauma caused me to retract

A Poem by Philip Gaber


Drinking my wine a little too fast, it suddenly occurred to me that I wasalone, spiritually bankrupt and without anything to eat. Not only that, thewo..