these poems are the kinds of poems that i’d like to sit with alone in a bar while i nurse a Guinness, that leads to another…I love the baudiness of Wish, the tenderness of Banana Medicine, the wit and self-deprecation of Cry Wolf, the song parodies, the fuck you attitude but not, the X’s that show all the mistakes. The poems show vulnerability, anxiety, tenderness, a love of but also a worry about impermanence. They are humorous, philosophical, witty and offer a portrait of a time that we may not return to any time soon: strangers and friends sitting together in a bar, knocking back a few pints while listening to or not listening to some poet.