Monthly Archives: April 2011

Air Traffic Controller

Posted on April 5, 2011 - 9:42 pm by Jonathan Berger

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER Steel bound, fuel soaked explosive and dangerous, this is not what I was promised in first dreams. These skies are not friendly. They are policed. Straps and restraints reframe the experience. This is not flying. This is … Continue reading →

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Baby Just Sent Me A

Posted on April 5, 2011 - 7:08 pm by Jonathan Berger

BABY JUST SENT ME A Your vacation pictures placed so daintily in your electronic album available online are beautiful. I know you were nervous to fly but it seems getting away did you some good. You look so happy so … Continue reading →

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Copper Gold

Posted on April 5, 2011 - 3:23 pm by Jonathan Berger

COPPER GOLD The paperweight is pointless. It rests on a desk I never use since Uncle Marvin deeded me his hand me down laptop and the papers laying underneath the copper pot of gold may be important but they are … Continue reading →

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BMA

Posted on April 5, 2011 - 1:59 pm by Jonathan Berger

BMA You’re doing all right with what you’ve got but make the real choice; get off the pot. You can be more awesome; totally. Be more awesome, like me. The secret is simple; just follow my lead and assume that … Continue reading →

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Hanging on the Telephone

Posted on April 5, 2011 - 1:27 pm by Jonathan Berger

HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE If I still had your phone number I wouldn’t call. I would not use it to reach out unless it were an emergency like a Thursday or any other day that rhymed with it. I wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Spore

Posted on April 5, 2011 - 11:57 am by Jonathan Berger

SPORE "I don’t want to be pretty no more," she said, to no one in particular muttering in the darkened day, hoping someone might listen. She was still pretty enough to engage attention on some topics so we spoke of … Continue reading →

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Wild Girl

Posted on April 5, 2011 - 12:35 am by Jonathan Berger

WILD GIRL The wild girl from high school that crazy kid who was always up for anything and anyone and couldn’t care less what you thought who fought like a tiger and fucked like a freight train and fell like … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 4, 2011 - 11:56 pm by Jonathan Berger

PLACEHOLDER You may not love me or even want me but I may serve until the right thing comes along. I could be your consolation prize your temp gig. I could be what gets you through the night when you … Continue reading →

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When Everything Aches

Posted on April 4, 2011 - 11:54 pm by Jonathan Berger

WHEN EVERYTHING ACHES I’m too old for this kind of shit, staying out late after drinking at noon, trying to keep up with a girl an eighth of my age. I did the math, using a formula I was able … Continue reading →

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Reciprocally

Posted on April 4, 2011 - 11:38 pm by Jonathan Berger

RECIPROCALLY They fled their present to return to the earth, going to a time where they could appreciate the land and love it as it was meant to be loved: reciprocally. They visited the past when the world was new … Continue reading →

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