They Lied to Me When They Said Everything Would Be Alright

"Jay Passer is always on fire. Literary, literally and figuratively. It takes such a small spark from a everyday occurrence to breath a storm of air into a forest fire of general madness. Author photo: A man in a fedora brandishing two sawn-off shot guns. Not all poetry is wishy-washy words about flowers. Some men are at the forefront of the blaze just feeding the flames. Jay is always on fire. --Ben John Smith