Not is intended for people who don't ordinarily read poetry. Its language is the contemporary language of the street and the sidewalk-simple and straightforward, although surreal and disquieting elements intrude, as they often do as we go about our everyday tasks. There is an interplay of the past and the present and the future, of life and death, of fear and anticipation, of balance and vertigo. Not is about the life we lead, every day and every week, month after month. Not is about where we have come from and where we are going. "Out Here the Distances" was nominated by Synaeresis: Arts + Poetry for a Pushcart Prize.