Kissssssssssss

Like a soapbox preacher on a poetic rant, Steve Katz declares, "Dysfiction is right now and beyond." Kissssssssssss is a miscellany swarming with American kooks and modern primitives who demonstrate the absurdity of our reality. A man's head detaches during cunnilingus then continuously recites scientific formulas of flight. In a parallel universe Los Angeles, a young boy embarks on a strange bildungsroman to avoid being eaten by his parents. An African Grey parrot pontificates on the plight of parrots in war-torn countries.
Applying syncopated language and Anthony Burgess-esque hyper-slang, Katz interweaves the iconic traumas of the 21st century with prescription drug commercials and sub cultural body modification, reflexively avowing that the absurd is our reality: "In our times the trivial is typical, and the typical is not what we need." Like Katz's characters, we choose to sit quietly amidst the horrific banality of the world or purge our fears with sick laughter.