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private paradise starting to fall apart

A Poem by Philip Gaber

Ishuffled the streets,searching for sustenance,pleading for redemption,petitioning the worldfor some compassion,a small heroic gestureof tenderness;an..

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 tradingand pok..

where nothing else was growing

A Story by Philip Gaber

It was 1978.They all wanted to knowwhy I sat around drawing picturesof aliens and spaceships and readingR. Crumb comics instead of studyingor making f..

i've seen it ruin many a man

A Poem by Philip Gaber

So now what?Now that the press-on tattoos have all faded awayand those twelve proofs-of-purchases have been mailed off to Battle Creek, Michiganand we..

wrenched out of some familiar life-pattern

A Story by Philip Gaber

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

he had a few things to sort out

A Story 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. "Had issues with ..

he had a few things to sort out

A Story 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. "Had issues with ..

Kurt Vonnegut

A Poem by Philip Gaber

ny watery spunk

A Story by Philip Gaber

My point is…A tiny percentageof the female populationis even interested in me.Not that I'm bragging.The last femalewho had the lukewarmsfor me ..

my speech to 2024 graduates

A Story by Philip Gaber

Boys & girls, pull out your cell phones because I’m leaning into this. (in my best drill Seargent voice) Listen, you miserable pukes! ..