All the Things I Don't Understand: A collection of sorts

By Rob Roy O'Keefe

As my lack of comprehension is nothing if not expansive, this collection could not truly contain all of the things I don't understand. Instead, it is focused on those subjects that I have found to be particularly perplexing: the universe, relationships, and grocery stores.

Throughout these pages, you will discover a mix of poems and poem-like constructs addressing serious and less than serious subjects which are all, (okay, mostly) natural (again okay, maybe somewhat contrived) byproducts of our (really my) existence.

The point is, reading through these pieces, you may come away feeling better about yourself, simply by realizing that by comparison, you carry a lot less baggage than you thought. Then again, you may just end up accepting you don't understand anything either. In the latter case, at least you'll have company. Enjoy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rob Roy O'Keefe
• Release date: Dec 26, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005749002

Rob Roy O'Keefe

Rob Roy O’Keefe was raised in the Antarctic by a colony of emperor penguins, which explains both his love of fish and his intense anxiety when in the company of sea lions. At the age of 12 he left to go on walkabout, but upon learning that Australia was over 3,000 miles away, he took the more expedient route from Cape Melville, Antarctica to South America’s Cape Horn.He wandered north through the Andes, accumulated an abundance of practical knowledge, such as how to convince a hungry condor that you are not carrion. He eventually stumbled upon the hut of an Incan shaman who took him on as an apprentice. After a decade of immersion into the mysteries of the unseen world, Rob departed, fully prepared for his eventual success in the fields of pizza delivery, local politics, and brand consulting.Today, Rob resides in New England’s Merrimack Valley, where he lives in a tree house made of Good Humor popsicle sticks held together by the discarded dreams of retired sailors.

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All the Things I Don't Understand

A collection of sorts

by

Rob Roy O'Keefe

Copyright 2020 Rob O'Keefe

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Poetry collections available by this author:

Living With the Monkey Mind: Poems and Other Shiny Objects

Return of the Monkey Mind: More Poems and Wandering Thoughts

Last Gasp of the Monkey Mind: Even More Poems and Chance Discoveries

Fiction

Small Stories: A Perfectly Absurd Novel

For Dianne

INTRODUCTION

I find introductions to be daunting, similar to the small talk that's required at the onset of a party attended mostly by people you don't know. It requires something from me that I'm not particularly good at, whereas the poetry and stories I write have a much lower bar, as I create them mostly for myself.

When an idea crops up, I explore