Written while working at a bookstore in lower Manhattan, Tom Sawyer is a book of poems about heartbreak, depression, family, role models and heroes, and growing up in America.It is as if you approached Joseph Grantham while he was sleeping & nudged him & he rolled over half asleep & told you about all of the things that embarrass him, all of the people he loves, & all of the things that make him who he is.It's like a package of candy cigarettes or the Candide of the 21st century.