In ""Below The Mayonnaise Factory,"" Earl LeClaire's poetry takes on many shapes and colors. His frank observations on the human condition are absorbing. You walk away from them only to have them keep coming back. The work is, by turns, extremely funny and very troubling as he celebrates life: his, ours, and theirs. ""Very sharp... wonderful energy... talented and original and crisper than the sort of thing one sees getting published left and right. Just fine work ... a shock and a pleasure to read."" -Steve Kowit, Gorilla Press. ""Earl's poetry is a sledgehammer."" -ruth weiss, the ""Beat Generation Goddess.""