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    Nothing… Nothing Et Al.
    Nothing… Nothing Et Al.
    Nothing… Nothing Et Al.
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    Nothing… Nothing Et Al.

    By Al Ferber

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    Go back to sleep. You’re not missing anything. In fact, there’s nothing but lots of nothing to see here. But read on, if you must.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateJan 11, 2023
    ISBN9781669862550
    Nothing… Nothing Et Al.
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    Al Ferber

    Al Ferber a septuagenerian going on 13. Born. Regrettably… A North Philly kid. Survived education at Temple U., Penn State, Villanova U. Alcoholic 30 years. Sober 23 years. Indenture servant to Catherine the Great 34 years. Learned to love and appreciate cats and one dog. Authored 30 books of poems, 2 novels, 3 chap books. Poems in Magazines in U.S., England, Scotland, France. Still alive, on the downward path of the sliding board, as of this writing. An undocumented alien in the world. Resides Ocean City, NJ surrounded by water with Cathi, Luna, Mitzi, and Opal. So there.

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      Nothing… Nothing Et Al. - 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.

      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.

      Rev. date: 01/11/2023

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      Contents

      Disclaimer:

      Acknowledgements:

      Introduction

      Cheap Thrill #1

      The Ass End

      Nothing…Nothing et al.

      Empty Box

      Oh, Just Nothing

      Sometimes

      Depiction

      Point In Time

      Sometimes

      Ether or Not

      Strings

      I Got Bent

      More Than One

      Solstice

      She Makes Lists

      400 Miles

      They Knew

      2 For 1

      Secret of Success

      Advent

      Processing

      Wise Guys

      I’m Doomed

      Help

      Reflection

      The Balloon Lady

      I Swear

      Go Ahead

      Emergency

      Broken Dreams

      Upon Leaving

      #’s Game

      My Time’s Worth

      Bald Like Me

      All Hail Broke Loose

      If

      Sinkholes & Imbeciles

      At The Drop of a Hat

      Nope

      White Wine

      Christmas 1963

      Cheap Thrill # 2

      Raining

      Snookered

      De

      Shaky Ground

      Finally

      Egress

      Profundity

      Protocol

      Cheap Thrill # 3

      Ethnic Threads

      Afterlife

      Lone Wolf

      Funeral Masks

      Chef FerBER

      Mammaries of Her

      No. I Did Not.

      Nadir

      No Chance

      Sure. Right. Fine.

      Desperately Lonely

      Entrenched

      Turnaround

      To The Point

      Jealousy

      What Does It Mean

      The Toy

      The Scythe Dude

      Last Chance Dance

      Nope

      Yep

      Fact

      Sure Did

      Library

      Top Shelf

      That Stage

      Nada

      Pagan Holiday

      Life

      My Dealer

      Looking Glass

      Glass Rose

      When Things Fall Away

      Snap Shot

      It Is What It Is

      Under The Sun

      Young & Drunk

      Grist Mill

      Special

      Get Together

      Shit

      One Thing

      Life = War

      It Does

      Nothing

      Stage

      Top Shelf

      Imaginary

      Life

      Try

      Sausage

      News Flash

      Last Chance Dance

      Green

      The Point

      She Danced

      Special

      Nothing

      Shot

      Things Around

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