At the conclusion of Keith Harvey's novel, Cave Gossip, the protagonist recites an aphorism: being in being is. Sea Snails on a Black Chow's Tongue explores the meaning of this aphorism. The poems in this collection, then, deal with man's basic aloneness in being; a castaway, if you will, in his own existence. Poet He sat and read his primal poems on a wooden stool carved from pine. His lips purpled as he scanned primordial words and his tongue shadowed like a chow's. | Sea Snails on a Black Chow's Tongue by Keith Keith Harvey, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters