This left panel of a diptych, available at the Sept., 2016, 100,000 Poets for Change Denver event, "Clan Between the Wor[l]ds," is titled "Filaments." Forthcoming in 2017, the book’s illustrations are by artist David Allen Reed, who states the following about "Filaments"—"Seen through the objective eyes of a shaman who sees both lies and truth, this image emphasizes a chilling atmosphere—a sort of purgatory suggestive of blind obedience—using hidden double imagery entendre to reveal money as the true higher power behind our misleading projections, and hinting at the cyclically destructive consequences of willful ignorance as a component of our mutually dependent relationship with power, while at the same time fostering an inevitable awakening." BNWO was originally published in its shorter, rudimentary form in "Stiletto2: The Disinherited," [1994] which won the Colorado Prize in Literature. The new book is revised & expanded from the original.
