The First Thing Author:Anna Kirwan A chapbook of nine poems that variously ask what is our relationship to one another, to love, to our childhood, our dreams, the future, and even to the electric and telephone companies. The only answer is always in the Self and how we respond: "I look like nothing at all," or "A list of one," or "You should say, 'Where are my roses,'" or "I want... more » to lay my hand like a leaf on your body," and "Damn the explanations just kiss me again."« less