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About Jonathan Berger

I used to write quite a bit more.

The Good Times Orchestra

The Summer’s about to end and the new school year is gonna be just another crapfuck of a Fall – maybe the last school Fall if aid doesn’t come or I discover some heretofore unknown distant relative with a shit … Continue reading

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Big Green Coffee Shop

There’s a new Starbucks where I used to purchase a slice. I really miss that pizza but the gentry thinks it quite nice. Doesn’t it always seem to be that gentrification happens to me? Cost a twenty for my order … Continue reading

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On This Day (8/24)

In 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted burying Herculaneum, Stabiae and Pompeii in ash. In 410, King Alaric’s Visigoths began their pillage of Rome. Forty five years later, Vandals led by king Genseric would repeat the feat but with a little … Continue reading

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Morals

The moral of the story is that love is for suckers. The moral of the story is the prince may be in disguise – even as a princess. The moral of the story is always come prepared or don’t come … Continue reading

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Contingencies of Life

Maybe it’s not a conspiracy. Maybe there are no political ramifications regarding your rejection. Maybe it has nothing to do with gender bias or antisemitism or your racial makeup or the color coding on your files or that you might … Continue reading

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Light For Who You Are

The Tits came by with my beer and leaned over nice and low and placed it on the table. I thanked her with a good long look and went back to my conversation with Gnarled Teeth. Gnarled Teeth seemed really … Continue reading

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Extrordinary (Sic)

I could have done the right thing made the moral choice. I could have opted to listen to the angels. Looking at all the evidence considering all the possible paths studying history and philosophy and aeronautics and geometry I could … Continue reading

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Louder than Booms

The fireworks did not agree with her due to prior history. I told her there was nothing to worry about and she looked at me like I was stupid which, in the moment, was very likely the case. “They’re like … Continue reading

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Trans

I can tell from your tone that it’s not working out and you’re done with me but it doesn’t have to be this way. Whatever it is that you don’t like about me can be changed easily. I’m not tied … Continue reading

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By Way Of

When I was your age I was a fuck up. I had already changed careers a couple of times from jobs I knew I didn’t want to others of the same ilk. I had a limitation of friends, no love … Continue reading

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