Lourd de Veyra's most political book yet - this poetry collection is about corruption, the drug war, and death.

"Lourd de Veyra's new book of poems insists on dabbing the wound with merthiolate. Here, the overrated formalness and distance of modern verse are interrogated, poked at with various, scintillating contraptions... This collection... holds a torch to the surreal even as it points an accusatory finger to the devil in the detail. Ultimately, Marka Demonyo insists on a toast. Perhaps because these are not only the poems we need, but the ones that we deserve."

Joel M. Toledo Poet, literature professor