Addition (Paperback)

Addition is a short volume of poetry which was, by the author's own admission, an experiment to see how long he could write without stopping. The book opens with the axiom, 'if you're not adding, you're subtracting.' "I opened with that line and I just kept going," Michael said, "as quickly as possible, and with as little regard for punctuation, grammar, etc. as possible. The point was to remove the filter I normally use when I write - to remove the filter so that I could let my insides out without trying to stop or shape them at all - to let them be exactly as they are. Unfortunately, I did edit a little bit after completing it. But, I stopped myself from further editing when I realized it would defeat the purpose of the experiment and would also ruin the uniqueness of the imperfections that happened along the way. I truly believe everything happens for a reason, and so, I decided to leave it as is - to except the imperfections as a part of the piece - imperfections that somehow end up flavoring the piece in a way that fixing them wouldn't."