Sebastian Ischer knows you better than you know you. Here is his most ambitious work to date, a family saga, a personal journey toward wish fulfillment that ends in a crises of stasis. Watch the death count get high. Black out your windows. Feel the love. ~mw

When I was a young boy of seven, I once threw all of my parents precious china out of our third story window. The smooth satisfaction of broken dinnerware. Neighborhood kids applauded. In the world of these poems, I am assured forgiveness.