In this stunning second collection of poetry Jerry McGuire mixes sinuous movement with hardened and sharp-edged language. The result is poetry that is fresh, wry, erudite, often funny, and deeply moving. The extraordinary directness of the poems and their persistent questioning might lead some to think of this work as "Post-Modern," but this is not poetry about poetry, or language. It is not a poetry about; it is a poetry which demonstrates perception, not only of the objective world but of the poet's own feelings, regardless of how dark, aberrant, or sublime, and regardless of the consequences.