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    Throwing Beer Cans at the Moon
    Throwing Beer Cans at the Moon
    Throwing Beer Cans at the Moon
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    Throwing Beer Cans at the Moon

    By Al Ferber

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    Is about the Easter egg hunt of the apocalypse, the over cooked hamburger on a stale hamburger bun, the disappointment of an acne breakout just before the senior prom, the green hornet in your omelet, the pecker tracks on brand new sheets, skid marks in your underwear, and he holy book of consistent inconsistencies. Amen. I think. But maybe not.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateFeb 14, 2023
    ISBN9781669867401
    Throwing Beer Cans at the Moon
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    Al Ferber

    Al Ferber got birthed involuntarily. Went to school involuntarily. Worked jobs involuntary. Followed rules & laws involuntary. Had wet dreams involuntary. Breaths involuntary. Writes & paints in order to keep from going bat shit crazy with unearthly passion. Loves with passion. Spent 30 years in prolonged failed suicide attempt with alcohol. Danced with bi-polar disorder involuntary all his life. Had 50 volumes of poems & 2 novels published. Lives with Cathi his more than tolerant wife of more than 36 years and Opal a greyhound who understands. American talk and can tell time to the minute.

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      Book preview

      Throwing Beer Cans at the Moon - Al Ferber

      Copyright © 2023 by Al Ferber.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.

      All poems have appeared in Mangle/zine

      and are reprinted here with the editor’s

      permission. Al Ferber

      Cover Art by Al Ferber

      Cover design by Al Ferber

      Rev. date: 02/14/2023

      Xlibris

      844-714-8691

      www.Xlibris.com

      849861

      This book is dedicated to my writing and

      painting patron Cathi Ferber, who always

      serves as my Lord Master & Keeper of all

      my keys. Aka The Weather Lady

      Also my long time friend, coconspirator,

      video and audio producer, biographer, editor,

      poet, writer, and consiglieri. Hop Wechsler.

      Joanne Gorman Klein, cousin from the hood,

      sister from another mother, another coconspirator,

      photographer, painter, writer,

      And natural irritant.

      Paul Lutton, who I met in the encampment

      of a prodigious cult in Samaria swimming with

      wood nymphs. Poet, coconspirator, and die hard

      Eagles (Super Bowl Champions 2023) fan.

      CONTENTS

      Crucible, Goblet, Liquor Store, Melting Pot

      Bull Riding by Moonlight

      Omaha Angels 1

      Omaha Angels 2

      Soul Snatcher

      Those Days

      I Was Just Standing There

      1⁰th and Diamond

      Throwing Beer Cans at the Moon

      The Night In The Parking Lot

      Civilization

      Now I Get It

      Archaic

      Oops

      Old

      Change

      Never Seen Anything Like That Before

      Hey Doc

      Hey Doc (2)

      Doc Said

      Sauce Pan of the Heavens

      Drinking Different

      Socks

      Missed Appointment

      His Daughter’s Name

      For Fear

      Headlong

      Moods

      Gold (For Jack A.)

      ²nd Sight Theater

      Here’s Another One

      Blades of Grass

      At Least

      My Safe Place

      U-Turn

      The Parade

      Tattoos

      Excerpts

      Wild Child

      Warehouse

      The End

      Deli Order

      Alignment

      Almost

      Awakening

      Shit In The Woods

      Gathering Information

      The Journey The Path The Way

      The Prying Moon

      Sepulcher

      The Mayor

      Surprise Surprise

      To all my enemies:

      Tables

      And THIS……… is

      Youth In Asia

      Ed

      Prick

      Yep

      How Bizarre

      Mongrel

      My Last Confession

      Short Ugly Story

      Why

      It’s

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