Blame It on the Serpent (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781646627325)

In Blame It on the Serpent, Vespoli opens all the windows and doors to shed light on her experience of loving offspring captured by the terrorist known as an opioid epidemic. The poems invite readers in as companions on her journey through powerless and hope, darkness and light, all the while seeking to answer the question: How did she or he or I come to this? Contains poems such as "My Son No Longer Missing," one of Rattle's ten most read poems of 2019.