Larry O. Dean was born and raised in Flint, Michigan. His numerous books include Muse, Um (forthcoming), Frequently Asked Questions (forthcoming), Activities of Daily Living (2017), and Brief Nudity (2013). Product Placement, the sophomore album from his band, The Injured Parties, was released August 2019. For more info: larryodean.com. Larry writes that this poem was “edited/manipulated/modified from public-facing summaries of the shows employing Oulipian techniques utilizing systematic, self-restricting means of making texts.”