Category Archives: 30-30

BMA

Posted on April 5, 2011 - 1:59 pm by Jonathan Berger

BMA You’re doing all right with what you’ve got but make the real choice; get off the pot. You can be more awesome; totally. Be more awesome, like me. The secret is simple; just follow my lead and assume that … Continue reading →

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Hanging on the Telephone

Posted on April 5, 2011 - 1:27 pm by Jonathan Berger

HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE If I still had your phone number I wouldn’t call. I would not use it to reach out unless it were an emergency like a Thursday or any other day that rhymed with it. I wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Spore

Posted on April 5, 2011 - 11:57 am by Jonathan Berger

SPORE "I don’t want to be pretty no more," she said, to no one in particular muttering in the darkened day, hoping someone might listen. She was still pretty enough to engage attention on some topics so we spoke of … Continue reading →

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Wild Girl

Posted on April 5, 2011 - 12:35 am by Jonathan Berger

WILD GIRL The wild girl from high school that crazy kid who was always up for anything and anyone and couldn’t care less what you thought who fought like a tiger and fucked like a freight train and fell like … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 4, 2011 - 11:56 pm by Jonathan Berger

PLACEHOLDER You may not love me or even want me but I may serve until the right thing comes along. I could be your consolation prize your temp gig. I could be what gets you through the night when you … Continue reading →

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When Everything Aches

Posted on April 4, 2011 - 11:54 pm by Jonathan Berger

WHEN EVERYTHING ACHES I’m too old for this kind of shit, staying out late after drinking at noon, trying to keep up with a girl an eighth of my age. I did the math, using a formula I was able … Continue reading →

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Reciprocally

Posted on April 4, 2011 - 11:38 pm by Jonathan Berger

RECIPROCALLY They fled their present to return to the earth, going to a time where they could appreciate the land and love it as it was meant to be loved: reciprocally. They visited the past when the world was new … Continue reading →

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The Edits

Posted on April 4, 2011 - 6:59 pm by Jonathan Berger

THE EDITS You really should get a censor allow another to assess your art. Experience an editor, understand how others express themselves – and take notes. You should have a sense of those taking in your art, appreciate that your … Continue reading →

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Gravitas

Posted on April 4, 2011 - 6:57 pm by Jonathan Berger

GRAVITAS Fuck you and your fucking gravitas and the weight of your experience and the belief in yourself. Screw your self-imposed dignity and damn your incredible judgements. Shut ’em down. Shut ’em down now. Act like someone without a stick … Continue reading →

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Maynard

Posted on April 3, 2011 - 9:30 pm by Jonathan Berger

MAYNARD Maynard who graduated Junior High two years after me though one year younger stayed with his high school sweetheart instead of college for some of the typical reasons. I would see Maynard sometimes during breaks or holidays. He would … Continue reading →

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