Author Archives: Jonathan Berger

At the bus stop, the stranger waved us away making silent incantations bizarre prestidigitations and curious facial spasms all at once. We kept distance but wanted to be seen by any drivers looking for passengers so didn’t go too far. … Continue reading →

My father, the teacher, would tell us about the flora and fauna we would see as we passed, often unasked. I certainly don’t remember ever asking him what kind of tree or flower we were looking at. I can’t imagine … Continue reading →

Apparently, it was New Years’ when I stopped drinking so it’s really easy to figure out how long I’ve been sober, he said. He never told me, of course. I don’t think he stayed sober very long. He was always … Continue reading →

Because I have produced no offspring it’s not clear who will take care of me when I fall ill in my later years. For a while I was fairly certain I wouldn’t have later years so it wouldn’t be much … Continue reading →

The other dayI was going to walk all the way downtown to meet her but it was raining so instead I took the train like every other asshole. Now I’m telling you as if it were at all important. Jesus. … Continue reading →

Once I claimed to be magic. Now I no longer know. I used to be quite empirical in thought; perhaps at this point I’m less so. There is more to the world than the eye can behold. Certainly that I … Continue reading →

Some people like to get away from the horrid smells of the New York Streets. Some folks like to hear their lives just cannot be beat. I think that there’s better out there waiting for me to see. I could … Continue reading →

She thought she heard something in the nightbut he told her it was nothing which he thought was placating but she found annoying so she stayed up looking to find what she had heard before but she couldn’t see what … Continue reading →

If this is just one of the dozens of universes where we exist, then this is just one of the dozens of universes where she exists, and that means there is still hope. Just because the center could not hold … Continue reading →

Come the new world, we will know each other not through the old ways. We will not communicate through words or through tongues at least, not for language. We will kiss to get across what needs be clarified. In the … Continue reading →