I am a colleague of Matthew Freeman’s through our association at St. Louis Poetry Center’s events. I have appreciated his poetry, recognizing its zanniness and edge–characteristics I probably need more of in my own work. I’ve also appreciated Matt’s friendliness extended to me whenever we run into each other. “I Guess You Call it Clarity” gave me a better understanding of his work. I loved the comparisons between himself and his imagined double. How many of us have had instances when we have thought like this? But Matt carries such imaginings to an extreme, with darkly painted contrasts in his images and lines. And the cover portrait of Matt is marvelous.