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This collection of poetry focuses on time and its effects. The forgotten and the overlooked is explored, as is one's place in time and the larger world. Various places, people, and times are remembered and described in evocative detail. These poems will engage and entertain the listener; they are relatable and clear yet just nebulous enough to make thoughts linger and develop - speaking obliquely from me to you. Enjoy this tribute to all of our memories.

He got dumped by his pregnant girlfriend, his grandfather just dropped dead, and on the anniversary of the raid that doomed his drug-dealing aunt and uncle, his mother makes her unwanted return, years after she fled to marry another American fool like his father. Misfortune, however, is a Cunha family affair, and no generation is spared. Not Daniel’s grandfather João—poor João—born to a prostitute and forced to raise his siblings while still a child himself.

The American West, 1850. Former French dandy Didier Rain’s weakness for saloon girls, money, and whiskey keeps derailing his plan to join the pantheon of epic poets. So when he’s approached by holy men claiming he’s part of a prophecy, he agrees to transport an infant bride for a soul-selling sum of $30,000. But to fulfill his foretold role, he’ll have to succeed at two tasks at which he's always failed: keeping the cork in the bottle, and his pants buttoned.

There's nothing like two pretty American girls to take Daniel Cunha's mind off his troubles: getting dumped by his pregnant girlfriend; his cirrhotic grandfather dropping dead the day before; the looming anniversary, on New Year's Eve, of the raid that doomed his drug-dealing aunt and uncle; and his long-gone mother, escaped to States with another American fool like his father. But a cold bottle of cachaça and a pair of flirty turistas to is all Daniel needs to feel like turning up.