Demons and Stuff

By Albert Ferber

Gus has been on hiatus for several years. He remained silent during that time. However, in the past year, he has made a thunderous comeback, producing enough material from his adventures, misadventures, thoughts, dreams, musings, nightmares, observations, recollections, and the various other sundry things that he does for four full volumes of poetry. Come jump in for the swimsome youll like, others, not so much, and some youll love. But one way or another, youll be hooked.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Nov 11, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524559410

Albert Ferber

Al Ferber was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1946. He lived in Hunting Park section till he was dragged kicking and screaming by his parents to Levittown, Pennsylvania, on his freshman year in high school. He did not play well with others. He attended Bucks County Community College where he met the man who is responsible for his writing career, Norman Newberg. He attended Temple University, Villanova University, and Almeda University. He has published three chapter books, two novels, and sixteen volumes of poetry. His poetry has appeared in over fifty magazines. He lives with Cathi, his best friend and wife, in Ocean City, New Jersey. He still does not play well with others.

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Demons & Stuff

Albert Ferber

Copyright © 2016 by Albert Ferber.

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Rev. date: 11/10/2016

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CONTENTS

Cymbalic Measurements

D.T.s

Dancing Between Raindrops

Dancing Fingers

Dancing In The Shadows

Dancing In The Street

Dancing In The Supermarket

Dating Technique

Death of the Cool

Death Rattle

Death Yard

Decapitation

Deep In The City

Deep Shit

Defend Yourself

Delicate Balance

Demolition Derby

Demon Self

Demons & Devils

Depose The King

Depression

Devout Drunk

Did He Ever Know

Different Sphere

Differently

Diggin’ In

Diplomacy

Directly

Dirt n’ Earthy

Disoriented

Dizzy

Electro Static

Disposable Hearts

Dogs Of Agony

Dome Of Clouds

Don’t Kid Yourself

Don’t Like ‘Em

Doorway

Dover

Down The Block

Dr. Dent

Dr. Patella

Drape Over

Dreams

Driver’s Side Window

Drop It

Drop Kick

Drum and Sax Akin

Drunk Dream

Drunk or Disturbed

Dry Dream

Dumping Ground

Dunes

Dusk Again

Dyslexic

Ears

The Edge

Electric Chair

Elements of a Life – 1

Elements of a Life – 2

Elements of a Life – 3

Elements of Style (1958-1964)

Emersion

Empty Skies

Close Encounters

Engineers & Blasphemers

Ensconced In Mist

Epidemic

Erotica Jong

Etch & Fire

Evening Descends

Evergreens

Everyday People

Evil One

Exception of One

Excitable Boy

Exhaustion

Existential Dream

Exodus

Expanse

Fabled & Mythed Apart

Face Of The Sun

Faucet

Fear

Fearless

Feces With A Beard

Feed My Ego

Feeling Off

Fentanyl

Festival of Lights

Fill

Fine Line

Finish Line

Fire Alarm

Smacked Ass & The Fire Truck

Fireplug

Fireworks

First Drink

Fists Full Of Words

Five to Ten

Flanked

Flash Point

Flight of the Mumble Vee

Flowers & Fruit

Flying Rats

Following Miles

Food & Fluid

Fool In Paradise

Fool’s Errand

Football

For Pain Meted Out

Forbearers

Forest of Smoke

Formalists

Formative Years

Fox & Hound

Frankford EL

Free Love Gone Wrong

Free Will

Friends

From Beneath The Snow

Fuck It List

Full Disclosure

The Game of a Lifetime

Garbage Pickers

Garden Weeds

Multiple Generation Gap

Get Down With It

Get Together

Ghetto Land

Ghost

Ghost Place

Ghostly City Streets

Glass Rose

Glorious Fireworks

Goin’ Down

Golden Gloves

Golden Sky

Graffiti

Grievances

Growing Weeds

Grown Up Shit

Gut Punch

Gypsy

Hacking

Half My Soul

Hand Rail

Hanging By A Thread

Hard Look

Hardwired

Hatred

He Missed It

Head House

Health

Heaven & Hell

Head On Collisions

Hell Rises up

Her True Story

Hero Worship

Hey Now

Hiccups

Hieroglyph

High Heel Sneakers

High In The Sky

Him & Her

Hippies

His Dreams

His True Story

Historical Weeds

Hobby

Hooded Drummers

Horny Kinda’ Fella’

Horrific

Hot Center

Hot Rocks

Hounds of the Bakersvillage

House of Lies

How And Why

Human Connection

Hump

Hut Hut Hut

Therefore I Am

I Can’t Stand It

Ice Stream

Idiocracy

Idiot Farm

Idols

If

If It Wasn’t

I’ m A Dancer

Image

Improve When You Lose

In & Out

In A Dark Hallway

In Common

In Sleep

In The City

In The Weeds

In Trouble

In What We Trust

Incarnate

Inclination

Indentured Servants

Indignation

Inevitable

Infamous

Influence of the Past

Ink

Ink Of Night

Inside The Houses

Instruments

Internecine

Internet Beer Muscles

Into Being

Into It

Into My Eyes

Into The Dark

Into The Distance

Intruders

It Is What It Be

It Never Happen

It’s A Shame

Italian Rolls Never Forget

Jazz & Whiskey

Jazz Clubs

Jeff Caps

The Jives vs The Conservatives

Jumped

Jungle

Junkie

Just For Being There

Just Standing – ll

Just When You Think

Kamikaze Angels

Keep Your Mouth Shut

Knocked Down

The Ladder

Ladies Choice

Ladies of The Night

Landslide

Last Stop

Leggy Godiva

Less Interesting

Let It Be

Licensing & Inspection

Life’s Complexities Made Simple

Lit Window

Literary Experts

Littered Floor

Little Bitty Pretty One

Live Streaming

Loaded

Long & Winding Road

Long Shots & Other Unsafe Bets

Looking Glass

Looming Presence (for Bob)

Loose Change

Losing Touch

Lost Nights On The Street

Lotus Blossom

Cymbalic Measurements

Gus said he threw a brick

at the cymbal

created an ungodly racket

poured milk on it

the milk dripped off

poured butter milk on it

dripped off more slowly

ran a drum brush across it

the cymbal trembled slightly

poured lighter fluid on it

lit it the lighter fluid burned

off and that was that

then he thought peanut butter

he rubbed peanut butter

but it wouldn’t stick

no luck with the peanut butter

even the fucking peanut

butter wouldn’t stick

D.T.s

Gus said the fierce Aztec

warriors came at him again

demanding his blood his

life the blood of his cats

their lives the blood of his

beloved particularly the blood

and life of his beloved he

struggled to fight but for

some reason was unable

to move then lost consciousness

unaware of what damage

had been done then woke

to find himself still strapped

to the hospital bed

Dancing Between Raindrops

Gus said it’s fascinating

exhilarating intoxicating

dancing between raindrops

with all the music ever

written composed or thought

about hummed sung or played

by an orchestra or combo

to choose from

on an ethereal juke box

just think it and it plays

dance the steps of the minuet

or anything from Fred Astaire

to James Brown without

getting wet transport yourself

to whatever dream or fantasy

you want in the timeless

immeasurable space

between raindrops

or walk or stand still and

listen to the silence

Dancing Fingers

Gus said he’s had dancing

fingers for a while now

caused by a mini stroke

or god knows what left

traces of blood on his brain

tap out unknown

encrypted messages

on the keyboard of his

computer could possibly

play the trumpet blaring

preordained improvisational

unintended melodies

make eating an interesting

adventure on shaky

spoons and forks slowed

down somewhat but not

stopped by beta blockers

a permanent malady with

unpredictable results

Dancing In The Shadows

Gus said some nights

when he walks the streets

and lets his memories

have their way with him

a piece of magic happens

and one of his old girl

friends beckons to him

from the shadows and

the magic dials back in

time to a certain date and

certain