Category Archives: 30-30

Friday’s Bench

Posted on April 10, 2011 - 8:57 pm by Jonathan Berger

FRIDAY’S BENCH The old man rests on the bench he does not fill it. There is room for others to join him. No one does. He sits alone barely occupying his space a ghost in the pale afternoon. He may … Continue reading →

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Adventures Abroad

Posted on April 10, 2011 - 5:28 pm by Jonathan Berger

ADVENTURES ABROAD I want to thank you for letting me know about your gig in Hamburg a town to which I have never been and, thanks to my Eastern European Hebraic ancestry, have some small anxiety about going to. I … Continue reading →

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A Word of Advice

Posted on April 10, 2011 - 2:57 pm by Jonathan Berger

As you wait for your father at the doctor’s try to be patient no matter how long it takes and how long you wait for him to toddle over to the agreed-upon pickup point. You do not know what his … Continue reading →

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True Love #.001

Posted on April 9, 2011 - 1:12 pm by Jonathan Berger

TRUE LOVE #.001 Love hates you with a passion and envies you your body. Love wants nothing to do with humans and says "Only humans are egotistical enough to believe in me. All other creatures with their small brains and … Continue reading →

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Dirty Pages

Posted on April 8, 2011 - 11:54 pm by Jonathan Berger

DIRTY PAGES We snuck to the shed before dinner where his brother kept the stash of adult magazines that for years we had no interest in but recently had hoped to explore. Hal had discovered where Hank had kept them … Continue reading →

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Holidaze

Posted on April 8, 2011 - 11:45 pm by Jonathan Berger

HOLIDAZE My forgetful father did not bother to round up the children to find the afikomen which meant the Seder never ended and the extended family never left the house and no one ever had desert. Passover is coming around … Continue reading →

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Pic Perfect

Posted on April 8, 2011 - 11:19 pm by Jonathan Berger

PIC PERFECT When you go to the bathroom leaving me alone in your room since you don’t want me to disturb your room-mates which is a little insulting because I’m so charming I sometime spend my time investigating. I devote … Continue reading →

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IAm

Posted on April 8, 2011 - 11:02 pm by Jonathan Berger

IAM It hurts sometimes to hear you’re sad and there’s nothing I can do about it not because I am not a good and caring person but because you don’t know me and don’t know what I would do to … Continue reading →

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Artistic Impulse

Posted on April 8, 2011 - 10:48 pm by Jonathan Berger

ARTISTIC IMPULSE Beautiful songwriter in the lonely cafe: your voice is so lovely, so sincere when you sing the classics. Continue, please. Entertain us with the canon. Keep singing the songs of others. Stick with the hits. The material you … Continue reading →

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The Return

Posted on April 8, 2011 - 10:32 pm by Jonathan Berger

THE RETURN Honey, it has been so long since the funeral and the ultimatum and the end. We have not spoken in all that time though I have envisioned our conversations – or, rather, the gestures since I can never … Continue reading →

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