Poor You, by Ed Taylor

Poetry, chapbook, 28 pages, from Bottlecap Features. Poor You is a result of bumping into the world, with the result a bruise-colored but painless bloom. Or it is analagous to a pearl, that beautiful defense mechanism of the oyster against irritants it swallows as a result of being alive. Or this collection is just a small yawp, a kind of baying at the moon—just talking back. Through humor, pop culture, absurdism, experiment, anger, sorrow, and joy, Poor You documents an ongoing attempt to understand the shocks and astonishments of being just aware enough to see how things are but not so presumptuous as to presume to know what to do about the Big Enchiladas: love, death, and what humans do to each other and the world. Ed Taylor is the author of the novel Theo, Triple 13 from Ravenna Press, the poetry collection Idiogest, and 4 poetry chapbooks. His poetry and prose have appeared in U.S., Canada, Australia, and U.K. periodicals and anthologies. His most recent multimedia performance work was the 2021 1-act play "Black Nikes" (Alleyway Theater, Buffalo NY). His Instagram is @toothlessmurgatroyd.