<p>a modern<br /> ballet<br />where<br />lovers are ground<br />to hamburger<br />wives are turned into chairs<br />TV sets eat people<br />flowers grow from<br />children's heads<br />God is uncovered -- and<br />re-covered<br />and men are hung<br />by the instrument<br />of their desire</p><p>Startling, irreverent and provocative, the incomparable creator of poems and fables for children turns his eye and pen upon the social calamities and absurdities of the adult world.</p>