A job seeker cycles through endless rejection. An exchange student at a casino makes a desperate bid for escape. A woman survives a horrific assault only to encounter another monstrous injustice. <br /><br />These raw roiling poems give voice to those lost in the abyss-the lovers and daughters desperate for connection amidst the dystopia of AI toxic partners and uncaring strangers. <br /><br />Blending light and darkness Taunting Thoughts from the Dark Abyss illuminates the choice at the core of all humanity: death or redemption.