UNDER THE SUN

Rachel Levitsky, . . Futurepoem, $12 (81pp) ISBN 978-0-9716800-1-2

In 12 sections moving from "Life Off the Farm" to "Indulgences: The Penitentiary [Desire!]" and "Shiva [Display, Folly, Magnificence]," Levitsky charts a unique course through "That black mess of scribbles with some red," that is "Similar to silence/ ever more sinister." Follow the adventures of "Turtle" and "Lady" as they meet, greet and mate.

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