Author: KC Wilder
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
Genre: Poetry
Pages: 121
Retail Price: 9.99
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Since I found the author’s band Apocalipstick unlistenable, I was expecting this book of poetry to be equally unreadable. Instead, the short verse poetry is quite good + a little beat, a little punk, a little surreal.

The pieces are seemingly freeform, but rhymes are occasionally interwoven, if challenging to pick up (unless you follow the rhythmic, or arrhythmic, patterns). The poems follow an autobiographical chronology + they begin with growing up and going to school in Queens, and then pieces about LA (where he moved to), with some political stuff thrown in. Wilder has a good grasp on what words and sounds work together, and what looks superficially like nonsense comes together when you read along. It has a Captain Beefheart vibe.

Bottom Line: Average verse with some standouts.
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