| Description |
71 pages ; 22 cm |
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| Contents |
How do you sleep with an IV in? -- Big gold jukebox -- Revenge sex -- Hear rocks sing on great stalactite organ -- The ballad of Fuckknuckle Jones -- Vocabulary -- And missed. -- Two days in Williamsport, PA -- Revenge sexy -- I don't need to have a better day, I need to feel better about this one -- Alternate universe in which my father did not leave but died -- Karina -- Places to never return -- Alternate universe in which my barber, Gib, who once gave me a muscle car calendar, is my grandfather -- Rust belt -- The door -- Lake. -- Next exit -- So long -- Ode to me, from my denim vest -- Against hugs -- I'm back, not for good -- Ode to the gaslight anthem, ending in the end of childhood -- For Henry, who has just gone -- Ode to brain injuries -- A history of punk rock -- Kisses -- Blood in my sock -- All ages -- Futility machine -- Bruce Springsteen will never die -- Get up early, get to the dock. -- Move-in day -- As much wind as possible -- Psalm 12, in which the author alienates his audience -- Psalm 12, in which the author alienates his audience, part 2 -- Lose the finger -- Me, but happy -- Welcome to wall drug -- Going to Texas -- Going to Wales -- The future. |
| Summary |
"Filled with nostalgia, love, heartbreak, and the author's signature wry examinations of mental health, this book helps explain what lives inside us, what we struggle to define. Written on the road over two years of touring, The Future is rugged, genuine, and relatable [...] In the author's own words, The Future is a blue sky and a full tank of gas, and in it, we are alive"--Amazon.com. |
| Subject |
Mental health -- Poetry.
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Man-woman relationships -- Poetry.
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United States -- Social life and customs -- Poetry.
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American poetry -- 21st century.
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American poetry. (OCoLC)fst00807348
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Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Mental health. (OCoLC)fst01016339
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
2000-2099
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Poetry.
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| ISBN |
194373531X |
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9781943735310 |
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