Author Archives: Jonathan Berger

I sometimes worry about arriving too early, peaking, and being well-known and wealthy for the shallow accomplishments of my youth and having all the quadrillions of fans reaching out, begging me to recite some of those lesser works from my … Continue reading →

Look, let’s get down to brass tacks. There is really no question we’re all looking for things from one another. It’s human nature and if our means of exploitation are mutual, or at least complementary, then it’s to the good. … Continue reading →

It is cold with frost forming on what leaves remain and few bodies participating in the ritual of visiting these grounds where the greens rest if only for a season. It is grey here, quiet. It is a place of … Continue reading →

Facing out on the down bound train she stares out the window but sees nothing. She is too close to the glass so breath fogs the pane beyond visibility, and anyway, it’s too dark to see anything at such a … Continue reading →

(Gleefully after Daniel Saftler) Could somebody please explain to me why, every time I go out, anywhere, at any time, wearing a new pair of pants, I find a way immediately to stain them? Moreover, it seems, on that first … Continue reading →

You were right to throw me out. I was irresponsible. I was callow. I was selfish and I never left the seat down. I was a lousy room-mate and deserved my fate. I wasn’t mature. I wasn’t growing. I was … Continue reading →

A newborn body was found in the wreckage. How bittersweet to have survived nine months in such confined spaces to finally experience freedom from the womb only to have such life stolen because of some mechanical failure. There were no … Continue reading →

God bless the current administration and all it represents for it has raised the hopes of every American, native or not. competent or not, coherent or not. that they have the opportunity to accomplish anything. Of course, there are qualities … Continue reading →

The house is quiet. Everyone is asleep as I guard the perimeter ensuring that nothing undesired arrives. My property will not be impinged upon. Only those with approval may storm my gate. Any who meets not my fine standards will … Continue reading →

Hey, Mr. Podcast Man: You’re boring! You ask too many questions that nobody really cares about. Hell, they’re hardly questions. They are barely statements. All you add in your interviews is irrelevancy as you include your voice so damned often … Continue reading →