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Spiking The Sucker Punch
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ISBN10: 0982148887
ISBN13: 9780982148884
Publisher: Write Bloody Publishing
Published: Sep 1 2009
Pages: 82
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.23 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780982148884
Publisher: Write Bloody Publishing
Published: Sep 1 2009
Pages: 82
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.23 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Step into the funhouse mirror of consciousness with Spiking the Sucker Punch , where Telfer dissects comedy with a surgeon's precision and a madman's gleam. This debut collection cracks open the ribcage of humor to expose its beating, bewildered heart - revealing what makes us laugh even as it questions why we're laughing at all. Like a fever dream choreographed by Salvador Dalà and performed by stand-up philosophers, these poems dance between worlds: where grammar dissolves into pure meaning, where bears become prophets of modern existence, and where identity splinters into a thousand brilliant fragments only to reassemble in unexpected constellations.
Telfer's voice is a rare alchemy - equal parts court jester and cosmic truth-teller - weaving narratives that start in reality but spiral into somewhere far stranger and more honest. Each poem is both trap door and revelation, promising to leave readers delightfully disoriented yet somehow more attuned to the absurd music of being alive.
Through this kaleidoscopic exploration of what makes us who we are (and who we might be pretending to be), Telfer doesn't just bend reality - he reimagines it entirely, one surreal punchline at a time. And yes, you will never look at bears the same way again.
Through this kaleidoscopic exploration of what makes us who we are (and who we might be pretending to be), Telfer doesn't just bend reality - he reimagines it entirely, one surreal punchline at a time. And yes, you will never look at bears the same way again.
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