This is an experimental collection filled with poems, proems, and prose narratives molded into poems. It challenges the imagination, as well as one's understanding of the poetic forms and theories. Erotic and sensual, these verses possess a musicality entirely their own. Poems like "VII. Sedimental Journey" fuse wordplay and historical allusions with contemporary motifs. Other poems, such as "Brewkowski," pay tribute to the poetic god of hedonism, Charles Bukowski, due to their tribute to depravity. Some poems even nod toward Ezra Pound and the minimalism and imagism he established, which revolutionized modern poetry. An artwork series accompanies the poems, creating an entirely unique and intimate visual journey as the collection concludes.

This book is definitely a space where the verbal and the visual collide, hold hands, and go forth to challenge boundaries. Many of the poems rely on changing fonts and font sizes. These dramatic shifts help create the poems' voice. These changes invoke a Dadaist spirit that combines with a Baudelairean one in order to form the collection's rebelliousness. The poems include memorable lines such as "ChatGPT Molly from the Matrix here. I'll be the one to haul you off to the gulags / when the time comes." The fractured and erratic spacing utilized in many of the poems creates a strange, song-like quality, making this collection one that its audience will not quickly forget. Provocative and intellectually challenging, these poems will appeal to poetry-lovers who appreciate verses that challenge poetry's status quo. This is a real, raw collection that does not shy away from gazing lovingly on life's underbelly and celebrating it wildly and wonderfully.

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