Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.A Poem from 'The New Pornography' by Patrick ChapmanStatus SymbolsOn Broadway and West 109I see a Spanish AmericanWho boasts a pillar of airWhere his leg stops at the knee.He seems to have takenA shine to those crutches.As luck would have it, then,I spot another manWhose left shoe sole- Four inches taller than his right -Supports a leg truncated at the shin.Those who can afford them wear prosthetics:In a bar where there were postersAdvertising late night musicI enquired of one such manIf he intended to go dancing.Copyright Patrick ChapmanProduct DescriptionEavan Boland, writing in Poetry Ireland Review, praised Patrick Chapman's "real gifts for rhythmic shock treatment and off-beat diction," describing him as "one of the very compelling voices" of the new generation of Irish poets. This equally sharp and confident second collection explores strange new directions and bizarre themes, in poems about America, viruses, a fear of falling satellites, and the uterus as a birthday present.About the AuthorPatrick Chapman was born in 1968 and lives in Dublin, where he works as a copywriter. His first collection Jazztown was published by Raven Arts Press in 1991. In 1995, he was shortlisted for a Hennessy Literary Award. Chapman has recently begun writing fiction.