Quality Control at the Miracle Factory by Patrick Cotter faberpaperback ’ The tick infects not

’ The tick infects not only the body but the body politic via the public space of the internet

grappling with traditional forms

they are not designed to soothe or beguile

into video games and arcade classics—with their endless potential for death and rebirth

But the book's heart is set firmly in the twenty-first century

Quality Control at the Miracle Factory by Patrick Cotter faberpaperback ’ The tick infects notQuality Control at the Miracle Factory, the fourth full length collection of poems by Irish poet Patrick Cotter, reflects the dark times of its writing, moving with unease through the world. Injustice and brutality are faced unflinchingly while the miracle of survival and endurance is credited and marvelled at, wherever it might occur.