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a construct, a fallacy, a lie

A Poem by Philip Gaber

Do you believe life is eternal? Do you believe Mother Goose went through menopause? Do you realize how expensive lobsters are? ..

her own private rapture

A Poem by Philip Gaber

She’d be sitting alone, smoking a cigarette or drinking a glass of red wine in some sparsely-populated bar somewhere uptown,..

a spiritual sort

A Story by Philip Gaber

It was one of those parties where the guests were under-dressed, smoking strawberry-flavored cigarettes, drinking either Cosmopolitans or Long Island ..

the bright coming morn

A Story by Philip Gaber

The other day, I met a tramp in a sober suit.He was drunk.And complaining that the sun was in his eyes."Don't mind the sun," he said, "Except when it'..

the tension, the existance

A Poem by Philip Gaber

I wake up at four in the morning sweating all over the sheets, teary-eyed, nauseous, burning sensation in my chest.The only sounds were the leak in th..

the tension, the existance

A Poem by Philip Gaber

I wake up at four in the morning sweating all over the sheets, teary-eyed, nauseous, burning sensation in my chest.The only sounds were the leak in th..

a rough full-contact love

A Poem by Philip Gaber

I always seem to be craning my neckto get a better view of life.I always seem to be motioning my fingerstoward a destination unknown.I always seem to ..

out of panic comes laughter

A Poem by Philip Gaber

It’s quiet today.I’m sitting under the big apple treein the backyard,but I’m tired for some reason.I tell myself I’m not going..

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&r..

from my own weight

A Poem by Philip Gaber

It’s about not returning the smilesof others or mirroring their enthusiasm.It’s about not extending myself.It’s about refrai..