"The speaker assembles a bricolage self-portrait from the fractures of the past. Sliding between scholarly diction and slangy vernacular, studded with references to Greek mythology and hip-hop, Martinez's poems showcase a versatility of language and a wild-hearted poetic energy that is thoughtful, vulnerable, and distinctly American."--Amazon.com.

They call him Scarface because he's sad -- And one -- Love song -- Incidentally -- Hoodies -- Tattletale -- The/A train -- Aa -- Consider Oedipus' father -- And two -- Us vs them -- Winter night -- In defence of poetry voice -- Super heterosexual me wears women's jeans because the first time -- Allegedly Hemingway wrote drunk -- Hexaptych on ambition -- Falling -- After imagism -- Foster's Freeze -- On dreaming of my wife -- Drinking alone -- And three -- Sports analogy -- Second wave -- Drawing water -- History lesson -- Fractal -- Footnoting Biggie lyrics like Why Christmas missed us -- A kiss -- Flight of love -- The art of the vigilante -- And four -- Found fragment on ambition -- Playing hangman.