"The Adventures of Sklum and His Pals, part 2." A small gritty diary from the alienated underside of American life, much of it taking place around the dumpsters behind a shopping center. The style is surreal, intense, and pared to the bone. Don't miss it:
They've come back with their chainsaws, so I can't even tell where they're at (I'm obviously, deliberately trying to make myself swell in the blank face of the box), and they've brought the java man with them. I'm trying out new soda flavors under new names & new designs and they're running around on top of my roof like big-footed mad Santa threatening to turn it all back into one fat-headed tree. Like cats with gun belts for teeth...
--John M. Bennett
This review originally appeared in TapRoot Reviews #3,
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