Steven J. Martin

Over the course of 24 hours, five characters will face dilemmas suffocating through another day in their dead end worlds. Their lives will intersect as the story builds to a tragic climax for some and liberation for others.

Spun in the form of an extended beat poem, Requiem for Poets and Dogs tells the tale of an eclectic group of homeless rooftop squatters who spend one last eternal day trying to cope with the misery of their existence through humor, fighting, and distraction before facing their inevitable eviction from their beloved armpit of Tokyo