Philip Gaber : Writing

the tyranny of the majority

the tyranny of the majority

A Poem by Philip Gaber


Well, the rent is late and now I'm joined by the glowering mice who feel more entitled to this apartment than me.
looking more and more threadbare

looking more and more threadbare

A Story by Philip Gaber


I was trying to stay on my hustle by working for this company that paid me to hold up a sign on the side of the road: “Store Closing! Liquidatio..
battered by the elements

battered by the elements

A Poem by Philip Gaber


She handed me a scotch glass and asked if I wanted a little water in it.“No,” I said.She lifted the short hairs above her eyes and was abo..
Well-Couched And Well-Protected

Well-Couched And Well-Protected

A Poem by Philip Gaber


Always the onlooker, always outside,borrowing laughs and sudden gestures,the droop of sadness.People were his food, and he ate them up hungrily.His ap..
It’s Not What You Write – It’s What You Don’t Write

It’s Not What You Write – It’s W..

A Stage Play by Philip Gaber


[Bill is called into his manager's office] Ed Bill, let’s get down to brass tacks. Bill: I've never liked that expression..
choosing to fill the role

choosing to fill the role

A Story by Philip Gaber


Well, I was having trouble writing an ending to whatever the hell it was I was writing at the time, so I grabbed a beer out of..
rewriting the myth

rewriting the myth

A Story by Philip Gaber


It was a lot of "This" and a whole lot of "That" but very little of "This Here."That's when most folks were awakened by the sight of a cloudburst (bec..
in the lurid light

in the lurid light

A Poem by Philip Gaber


She applies war paint to her face and adjusts her do-rag in front of a middle-aged man in a Crown Vic, takes off her kid boxing glov..
epistemological apexes

epistemological apexes

A Poem by Philip Gaber


everything's a tragedy in her life.her dexterity is gone, and her balance.she's on 3 different antidepressants and can't remember any of them.blood pr..
little quirky esoteric men

little quirky esoteric men

A Story by Philip Gaber


I remember these guys wandering around in the early '90s wearing tee shirts that said BIPOLAR IS SEXY.They'd get up around noon, smoke a bowl or six, ..