<div><p>Dariusz Sosnicki's poems open our eyes to the sublime just beneath the surface of the mundane: a train carrying children away from their parents for summer vacation turns into a ravenous monster; a meal at a Chinese restaurant inspires a surreal journey through the zodiac; a malfunctioning printer is a reminder of the ghosts that haunt us no matter where we find ourselves.</P><i><p>Among the perpetrators and victims,<br>buzzed or wasted to the bone,<br>gliding without their blinkers on<br>in the ruts of the national fate—they're not at home.</P></i><p><b>Dariusz Sosnicki</b> is an award-winning poet, essayist, and editor in Poland.</DIV>