Monthly Archives: April 2011

The Edits

Posted on April 4, 2011 - 6:59 pm by Jonathan Berger

THE EDITS You really should get a censor allow another to assess your art. Experience an editor, understand how others express themselves – and take notes. You should have a sense of those taking in your art, appreciate that your … Continue reading →

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Gravitas

Posted on April 4, 2011 - 6:57 pm by Jonathan Berger

GRAVITAS Fuck you and your fucking gravitas and the weight of your experience and the belief in yourself. Screw your self-imposed dignity and damn your incredible judgements. Shut ’em down. Shut ’em down now. Act like someone without a stick … Continue reading →

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Maynard

Posted on April 3, 2011 - 9:30 pm by Jonathan Berger

MAYNARD Maynard who graduated Junior High two years after me though one year younger stayed with his high school sweetheart instead of college for some of the typical reasons. I would see Maynard sometimes during breaks or holidays. He would … Continue reading →

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Funky Guitar

Posted on April 3, 2011 - 2:42 pm by Jonathan Berger

FUNKY GUITAR The teen stripper I met last night didn’t want to go out back to give hand jobs but the manager finally convinced her that “the customer is always right,” and now I’m feeling all right as I return … Continue reading →

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Back in the Day

Posted on April 3, 2011 - 1:42 pm by Jonathan Berger

BACK IN THE DAY You may not know my name but I used to play back in the day with The Cold Five Thousand. We had a pretty big following on East Third and Fourth Streets. I was the back-up … Continue reading →

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The Mildest Form of Stalking

Posted on April 3, 2011 - 11:51 am by Jonathan Berger

THE MILDEST FORM OF STALKING I watch for you at your train stop still with memories of times barely shared so much as mutually experienced or paralleled. I know I won’t ever see you though I continue to search even … Continue reading →

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Mad Lews

Posted on April 3, 2011 - 11:29 am by Jonathan Berger

MAD LEWS When the first Smookah looked up, up to the bulbous melannic fruit and knew hunger, hunger for the sensuous red bradagh and their purple nico trals within, they had no way to achieve melatasy, and further knew ektobia. … Continue reading →

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Touring the Little Dipper

Posted on April 3, 2011 - 2:05 am by Jonathan Berger

TOURING THE LITTLE DIPPER The Space Prostitutes do not have it easy. Sure, if you’re well-off enough to work on a Pleasure Asteroid, you can make some good star-bucks, but for most in the business, you have to do Call … Continue reading →

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Ruminations on Last Night

Posted on April 2, 2011 - 11:35 pm by Jonathan Berger

RUMINATIONS ON LAST NIGHT I should have stayed with you last night should have crashed at your pad should have… I don’t know, spent the night in your room under your covers beneath your hair splayed across my chest. I … Continue reading →

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You May Be Right

Posted on April 2, 2011 - 8:18 pm by Jonathan Berger

YOU MAY BE RIGHT Maybe you’re right. Maybe I never loved you. Maybe you’ve convinced me that it was all the heat of the moment the heat of the night the heat between us and nothing more. Maybe there was … Continue reading →

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