The Hunched Man lives inside each of us. We deny him our love and understanding, not because we are mean, but because he scares and confuses us. He is our inner world, not all that different from the one we read about in the news of the day, The sooner we understand him, the sooner we can make peace with ourselves and each other. The rest of the poems and the one short story are lighter adventures into the mix and magic of our lives and the words we use to meet and match our moments with each other.