Plain spoken narrators as diverse as the America they inhabit a Springsteen fan strangely upset by dry toast, the lonely night nurse, and the track star are all ill at ease. Through road kill, September 11th, and death row they address their own bitter faults with noir-like melancholy, seeking redemption and absolution. What you will find here is the grist of life death, love, sex, departure honed by a poet focused on the gravity, fear and humour of being human.