Everyday Knowledge

<p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Jim Cummins' wit and humor are legendary among both his friends. In his latest book of poems Cummins maintains that the fear of death is the ultimate ego-trip and central to this belief is his amusement at the self-centeredness of American experience. As he wrote in an early poem he's interested in exploring the border region between narcissism and an inner life. These poems cover a range of subjects from teaching film noir to the silliness of academia & religion & maleness to guns love friendship beating a mother to death with a brick an orange-colored president in diapers and the death of a raccoon. With special cameos by Hemingway Fitzgerald Tom & Viv John Wayne Nick Black Elk and Acker Bilk. Don't miss out. </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify>SAMPLE:</p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Be Careful What You Wish For</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>One night as you're staring </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>into the 'abyss of erudition'</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>the abyss loses interest in you</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>and moves on down the line-</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>sort of like metaphysical speed dating</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>except you didn't get the chance</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>to show it your credentials.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>You're ticked off but it's unfairness </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>that got you here to begin with </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>right? One thing you'd been certain of</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>was that you were an interesting case-  </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>could this be a wake-up call?  </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The abyss is way down the line now</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>oblivious leaving behind a nothingness</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>you peek out over the rim of </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>like a child who's just learned how </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>to stand up in his crib.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p></p>