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By Victor Schwartzman, on 12-10-2007 17:27

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Last Train to New Zealand & other Poems

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Neal Wilgus
Juxtopedia Press
927 Camino Hermosa
Corrales, NM 87048

Reviewed by Christopher Robin

Wilgus will tickle your brainflies in this latest chap. Whimsical but rarely pedantic, these are laughing, thinking poems to chew on while the earth continues to spin absurd. Leary is dead, Robert Anton Wilson is dead, Vonnegut is dead, but Wilgus is still a very vibrant messenger, steeped in the traditions of these writers. In “Rads & Rems,” he wonders how to fool the all- seeing eyes of Big Brother. In “Homeland Security,” a mailing error creates a ripple effect of chaos and bureaucratic indifference. Sometimes Wilgus’s old timey wit misses the mark, as in “Class Warfare,” where his buffoonish language overwhelms the political message. At other times his best poems are memorable. “The Income Tax,” is repetitive and cathartic, and even cute while being angry. “Which Religion is this Again?” has moxie. “What’s the Diff?” questions violence. Many of these poems deal with war, terrorism, false patriotism and the surveillance state. He writes poems with candied wit and a surrealist twist. Good stuff.

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