The Laughing Gods

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>The Laughing Gods: Poems for the End of the World</em> </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>is a dark </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>surrealist collection of poetry</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> that explores love loss chaos and the human condition through an apocalyptic lens. Taking place in a world where the</span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Gods watch and allow horrors to take place so long as it entertains them</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> the collection follows a society that may be extinct before they know it. Poems such as </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>My Private Perfect Hell The TV in my mind </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>and </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Devil's Whispers </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>explore existential crisis with passing moments of romance. Every poem feels as if the end of everything could come at any moment. The collection reminds us that even a world on the edge of collapse can dream and attempt finding meaning. </span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>A note to the reader: </em></strong></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Humans may now own the Earth  </em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Because they have beat the fates and odds </em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>But the only way they may keep this world </em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Is if they continue to entertain the Laughing Gods . . .</em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>If you are a lover of </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>poetry</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>mythology </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>or </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>sci-fi </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>then this is a must-read book for you. With unsettling and </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>haunting illustrations</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> that aid vivid imagery this collection is a fantastic addition to any reader's book shelf. </span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Content Warning: alcohol abuse self harm and suicide abuse explicit language and sexual content.</em></p><p></p>