I can't hate a writer who can come up with lines like: "Your tribe's Doritos are infested with a stegosaur. / That Forever 21 used to be a Virgin Megastore."However, the signal-to-noise ratio here is alarmingly low. For every bit of inspired will-it-blend goofiness, there are glib lines like "Let...
The language in this volume is fiercely alive, a fascinating mash-up of rock n roll, media chaos, a touch of hip-hop, the kitchen sink. Robbins does a brilliant job with humor based on enjambment and the echoes of slogans from the mid-20th century on. Rhyming and off-rhyming in short poems, he ...
Ash on the wind, nobody’s naming names; neither the drive-thru voice that takes my order nor the divine can be clearly understood. Bleak is the arbor, pungent the homeless; apples for apples, a fool’s swap; never write down your password. Left lane ...