“Through the author’s detached tone and dark sense of humor, there is a clear coping mechanism at work, an attempt to make sense of a world that often feels absurd. Wether it’s the surreall image of coming back to life surrounded by cops or the casual questioning of needing a lawyer, the poems suggest a life where emotional extremes have become normalized, Thre’s a pervasive feeling of disconecction, not just from others, but from the speaker’s own experiences and emotions”