Author Archives: Jonathan Berger

You’re gonna talk to me some day. That sullen look on your face is gonna grow stale and you’re gonna get sick of the same old same old that you find from the same old miserable company you have tended … Continue reading →

I stayed in shadows not because I didn’t want to be seen but because I was afraid. If I was seen would I be recognized? If I was recognized would anyone remember my name? What identity would be recalled? Which … Continue reading →

I was just preaching the gospel of empiricism for the umpteenth time. If I remember correctly the latest draft of my typical routine it went something like: Yea, verily the believers, the suckers born each minute who have faith in … Continue reading →

The benches hold plaques, mini-memorials, describing notable entities of the community in so many words: Diana Mother, writer, friend. She will be remembered. How will I be described I wonder if anyone ever has the urge to invest in my … Continue reading →

Down by the river I saw my baby I saw my baby with another man. They were walking and they were talking and she was laughing like only she can. I saw my baby. She was so happy as she … Continue reading →

The more I think about these swirling thoughts with this particular medication racing through my system, the less I believe that this is the universe I wish to reside in anymore. I want out. I hope for a home with … Continue reading →

Yep. Yep. I thought so. I thought I was ready, but I see in truth I see some alternate facts at work here. I gotta take five. It’s funny: I’d assumed with the right kind of distance with enough miles … Continue reading →

Bradley says I like it when you sound vulnerable. You seem more human. You should let that happen more often. I don’t know what the look on my face is. I hope it’s the practiced granite I have fashioned over … Continue reading →

Your mission should you choose to accept it: initiate a conversation that another living person might possibly take a moment’s interest in. Think you’re up to the task? Excellent. Of course that is only step one. Following that you must … Continue reading →

There’s a way to look at it where it’s funny where the events as they’ve transpired these last few months have been a comedy and the actions that have been perpetrated upon you and yours have been humorous and the … Continue reading →