The poems in this collection focus on the details and moment-to-moment experiences of what it’s like to be a normal deaf person. Robbins explores the conflicts faced among deaf people with hearing people and on their own. He examines the inhibitions and exhibitions that are characteristically ingrained into the lives of deaf people. He also considers the work of deaf Australian poet Henry Lawson celebrating his legacy. In this collection of verse Robbins seeks to embellish ostracize epitomize chastise advocate and reflect upon his own observations thoughts and visions about what it is about being deaf—without ever resorting to be invective but rather exonerating those realities.