Adriane Earle names trauma in all its places; individuals, lovers, society, history, the continuous assault on black bodies. His opening poem Tinnitus gives us an understanding of the depths of trauma, how at times it has no beginning and ending, and continues to echo far after event both now or in the past. Adrian Earle plays with form and white spaces like an Obeah man creating rituals and magic for couples, fatherhood and suicides. The whole collection is Kintsugi "golden joinery" for the traumas we have or may suffer in the future. 5000 HURTS demands your attention at its highest frequency and resonates through the body long after you have finished reading.