Human Tissue

By Weyman Chan

These poems try to get along with each other - but can't. The series of poems titled "Parables for Frankenstein", traces the socialization and making of a prototype misfit. "Panic Room", is a series of poems about a loner whose isolation at a house party starts taking a sinister turn. "Unboxing the Clone" deals precisely with the simultaneous interpenetration of terms that bombard the conscious moment to reshape the life that's being lived out - a kind of proprioceptive kaleidoscope. Alienation arises from all the failed language-registers of our technocratic society, which continue to defy our powers of decryption. What's a monster to do?

A recurring motif throughout the book is the overarching empty universal space surrounding life's not-knowing. If we think too hard on it - why the statistical fluke that puts us here on this ball of dirt - we'll have a stroke. Instead, read these poems.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889229813
• ISBN13: 9780889229815
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Talonbooks
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.9"