"...if you know any of Hales' previous work--and if you don't, I'm telling you now--nothing will be ordinary here. Torches will
​be lit, envelopes pushed, locks picked, tickets for the guided tour procured, and you'll find yourself, at the end of the poem, someplace you didn't expect to be. Hales is smart and agile with words, and funny in ways both outright and sly."