Contemporary Fiction Poetry

Exotic Neurotic

Name: Exotic Neurotic
Rating: 3.71 (2284 reviews)
Author: Kenneth Jarrett Singleton

Kenneth Jarrett Singleton February 24, 2016

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SYNOPSIS Exotic Neurotic is a book of poetry which involves subject matter such as depression, imbalance within one’s personal self, angst, frustration, youthfulness, antisocial behavior, and violence. In addition, many of Exotic Neurotic’s thematic properties also pertain to love, illness, death, human anatomy, physical deformities, elimination, birth, and abortion.

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Exotic Neurotic

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Burned

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