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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Acclaimed singer-songwriter Rodney DeCroo's second poetry collection, <em>Next Door to the Butcher Shop</em>, explores the permeability of memory and uncovers heart-wrenching beauty from shadowy grit.</p><br/> <p><em>How quickly age</em></p><br/> <p><em>descends on us. Our memories are maps</em></p><br/> <p><em>to places that don't exist. I was an emperor</em></p><br/> <p><em>on a green lawn wearing a white sheet</em></p><br/> <p><em>and a paper crown. The birds sang my praises</em></p><br/> <p><em>from the hedges and the trees</em></p><br/> DeCroo unsentimentally recounts moments suffused with grief, longing and loss, and offers a refreshingly unfiltered view of one's self.</p><br/> <p><em>I'd stand for days along the edges of expressway</em></p><br/> <p><em>to sing off-key into the screams of semi-trailers and cars</em></p><br/> <p><em>until I stood within a cocoon of silence and flashing shadows</em></p><br/> In a deft combination of lyrical and visceral imagery, <em>Next Door to the Butcher Shop</em> offers a rare, sharp, first-hand perspective of life around the edges, with dark comedy dispersed throughout. </p>

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