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The Death of Karl Turkeybaster: Poems
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 18 2026
Pages: 58
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.12 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Karl Turkeybaster, a humble possum relocation specialist, learned to read 3 weeks ago as an unfortunate side effect of court-mandated community service at a library and felt that qualified him to write poetry. His latest collection The Death of Karl Turkeybaster tackles life's big questions including mortality, the fragility of memory as a source of reality, an existential crisis at realizing he may be a fictional character, and the meaning of porn Karl got at a weeb's garage sale.
Karl's signature gas station chaos style offers a unique voice by creating dynamic tension between the topics of high art through the lens of a lost everyman alone in Air Stream trailer with 37 possums and a 3 legged cat named Oscar. As a warning, Karl's beloved cat Oscar escaped the screen door halfway through writing this collection and that pain left him feeling some kind of way and informed his work.
Explore a world of lot lizards, smoke-filled ball pits, and above all a man trying to find his place in the world with Karl at his brokenhearted best.
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