If you, Gentle Reader, did not figure out what "The Mercy Killing" was all about, the answers are in here. If you have not read "The Mercy Killing," get off your duff and go get a copy because this is the poetic continuation of that book and you won't know what's going on at all. The poetry in this book is a little better than in "The Mercy Killing" and, besides the introductions, there is no prose in this book. We, Michael and I, will get back to the prose some day, but not any time soon. Gentle Reader, this book is all about you. If you want something different, let us know. We can do it right if we do it together--poetry, that is. Thank you, William Joy Bragi