Publisher's Synopsis
Poetry. "Cy K. Jones' poems take on all the horror and joys of survival, caring to speak of them in the vernacular of rage and passion. There are no saintly sufferers nor pathetic victims in his world of 'punks' and heedless truckers, of dug up dead pets and half- remembered would-be lovers; these poems are plainly infected in their diction and unadorably infectious to read. Cy Keith Jones leaves us on the mean streets and icy highways of urban New Jersey, where semis roar by and accidents wait to happen, revealing the impoverished America where we forget (if we allow ourselves to think about AIDS at all) the insatiable epidemic continues to grow unchecked. I will go on reading this poet for his accomplishment, and I salute him for his great courage" -Rafael Campo, author of WHAT THE BODY TOLD.
