"Dan Raphael is a strange mix of Northwest writer and language poet. He knows when to not give a flying f--- and he knows when to care. This collection is a mountain of action, a greatest hits in a history of knockouts." -Kevin Sampsell, Author of The Patricia Letters

OK. i wrote this book. still i know i don't understand it that well. when i write poems, i try to be a conduit of language energy, which i feel as an accumulated, collective intelligence. in my poems, this energy illuminates, analyzes and disassembles our current times' illusions and deeper realities. this book is full of humor, dimensional word enjambments, a hybrid jazz/funk rhythm, and strong emotions & opinions about what we're stuck in and how we may get beyond. read it aloud.