Next Door to the Butcher Shop Tawahum Bige / kiss again like we

/ kiss again like we mean it

and nothing is actual

and stocked with memorable imagery

historical and contemporary

Next Door to the Butcher Shop Tawahum Bige / kiss again like weDescription Acclaimed singer songwriter Rodney DeCroo's second poetry collection, Next Door to the Butcher Shop, explores the permeability of memory and uncovers heart wrenching beauty from shadowy grit. How quickly age descends on us. Our memories are maps to places that don't exist. I was an emperor on a green lawn wearing a white sheet and a paper crown. The birds sang my praises from the hedges and the trees DeCroo unsentimentally recounts moments