Monthly Archives: April 2011

Bleecker Street Exegesis

Posted on April 22, 2011 - 9:51 pm by Jonathan Berger

BLEECKER STREET EXEGESIS I’m dreaming of a Bleecker Street that I don’t know – that none has ever seen. It thrives in the back of my heart in the borough known as Queens. What the author is referring to is … Continue reading →

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Gift Card From Your Stalker

Posted on April 22, 2011 - 2:00 pm by Jonathan Berger

GIFT CARD FROM YOUR STALKER I know this is your neighborhood but don’t know where you live. If I had that knowledge, oh what I could give to you, your rabbit and the others in your tribe… The alcohol I’d … Continue reading →

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Separate Dreams

Posted on April 21, 2011 - 11:43 pm by Jonathan Berger

SEPARATE DREAMS The police found him such as he was in an abandoned corpse of a car in hand-me-down jeans and a look of shock on the rest of his face. He had, we learned, been daring more, month after … Continue reading →

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Wanna?

Posted on April 20, 2011 - 4:20 pm by Jonathan Berger

Dude, I was so wasted when I wrote this poem I had no idea what was going on. I just put the words down and then: MAN ALIVE! They were a poem! Can you believe it? I just got the … Continue reading →

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But Like Roaches

Posted on April 20, 2011 - 10:07 am by Jonathan Berger

BUT LIKE ROACHES After the last night and those final words I was certain that I would never love again and it may still be true but I don’t really think so anymore. I thought at the time that I … Continue reading →

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The Gap

Posted on April 19, 2011 - 10:01 pm by Jonathan Berger

THE GAP Please don’t ask me why I hate Gary Puckett so damned much. If you ask me the hard questions I may have to provide the hard answers. And do not invite me again to the Cherry Pitt where … Continue reading →

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Line of Demarcation

Posted on April 18, 2011 - 9:34 pm by Jonathan Berger

LINE OF DEMARCATION Does this shiny shirt make me look too douchey? I expect my look to be ever so slightly offensive but with this outfit do I cross the line of demarcation into douchebagbery? I can take the truth. … Continue reading →

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Seem To Defy

Posted on April 18, 2011 - 7:17 pm by Jonathan Berger

SEEM TO DEFY Good god! Look at this place with the flashing lights and the darkened corners and the awful music and the watered drinks. This is not the party I had expected. I’d had my heart set on a … Continue reading →

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Callback

Posted on April 18, 2011 - 6:12 pm by Jonathan Berger

CALLBACK I should call you back I know. I realize that it takes two to tango – three, if you count the DJ – and you’ve been dancing by yourself for some time. I owe you a call. I worry … Continue reading →

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His New Feathers

Posted on April 18, 2011 - 4:59 pm by Jonathan Berger

HIS NEW FEATHERS He eyes the mask warily wondering when it will call to him. Usually, he is safe until dusk and feels no need to don disguises – but some days he can go through days without an urge … Continue reading →

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