Throwing Beer Cans at the Moon

By Al Ferber

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Feb 14, 2023
• ISBN: 9781669867401

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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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

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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