Welcome to my black tie affair. Please ensure your white noose is firmly secure.

The party has already started. You brought your RSVP, I hope? Yes? Good.

In these halls, you will experience poetic affairs and the sort of tainted darkness found at the rotten core of every narcissist’s soul. Heed my words: Trust none of the shady characters you meet within. Behind every smile is a knife in your back.

This heresy is the first book of poetry by Michael David Anderson since 2013’s Wasted Days.