Michael David Anderson returns with his latest poetry collection WASTED DAYS, the spiritual successor to TENNESSEE REFUGEE. While each poem serves as a standalone work, every poem is also part of an overall story that chronicles the end of a relationship in reverse as well as the anonymous narrator's attempts to change the past. The consequences, however, far exceed anything he could have ever imagined.

Teddy Dormer lives with a condition unlike any other: in order to sleep, he must not only inadvertently steal the ability for others around him to sleep, but he also experiences their worst nightmares, memories, and darkest secrets. This is a condition he has lived with his entire life, often with dire consequences, but he has a system that works for him. Teddy lives on the road, perpetually moving from place to place, never subjecting his presence on the same population for longer than a single night. However, at a small hotel in Texas, Teddy discovers through a young woman's dreams that she...