By Andrew Macy and Jake Page

Pacific ocean observations and the illusions that suck our crutches out from beneath the undertow, rendering us disoriented and sun burnt.

The book is fully illustrated by Jake Page, whose drawings capture dogs engaged in human leisure activities. Friendship and freedom are in the fabric of the text, hovering like flies monitoring opposite ends of an empty bag of sandwich meat.

death, prior to disrobing.

we’re obsessed with death it fuels our interest
in staying alive
and when our lovers say it’s time to walk away

we must respect them o death
it’s not so bad
we’re the ones
o death

and when we sober up
it seems we’ve
interrupted
the natural course
but our dream it doesn’t end
because we’re already dead
and our dogs are
restless

down in the tall grass
i laid with my love
long time ago
watching the shadows crawl
down in the tall grass