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This is one of the best books of poetry I've read. And I've read enough to disdain wasted words on hailing the next fatty to emerge with literary braggadocio. Davies impressed me with "Pause Button". He's floored me with Comp., though. Departing from what might be considered post-avant (or PoLangPo/post-New York School), Davies work claims both an obsession with language and an ability towards an exactitude re the referential of language, making the work instantly "accesible" yet not "dumbed down" or quietist argumentative with a self (nor shelf). At once moving and aggressive, Davies provokes and bears fists, weaves around and penetrates what is truly inventive voice, showing many: "The entire panoply of minimalist histrionics"?! Davies' command and use of English et. al. rouses and douses; each time I open this book I find a new place in it that hits me.