Poetry. Peggy Hamilton's debut volume is located in a series of closed-off places: an imperial walled garden, individual Miami neighborhoods, bedrooms, churches, and children's hiding places. In these settings, the language and languages used allow some people to speak freely and bond with each other--but also mark them as "other" as they close out outsiders. The passionate and disparate voices of this volume belong to individuals within these communities: people in their daily lives-lives many of us can't see.