Deepfake Serenade Jamie Jeffries “Sit down

“Sit down

for example

only a thoughtful look at the real world

–Emily Austin

can our everyman hero rise out of the pits of despair to make sense of his life

Deepfake Serenade Jamie Jeffries “Sit downDescription In Deepfake Serenade, Chris Bankss sixth poetry collection, irreverent charm, emotional distance and surprising hot takes leap off every page. He writes in the title poem, Inside every one of us is a deepfake. A holy ghost, suggesting people have a choice to feel either like sad imposters or, if they're brave, like survivors staring down a world both utterly familiar and strange. These poems, sometimes narrative, sometimes surreal,