Death haunts us all, but Cody Shrum shows us how Santa died, how the first dong he loved died, and how he, too, took life while still a child. In Green Acre, Shrum writes with a Midwestern authenticity about coming of age in Southeast Kansas. These poems tell stories of "back home"—catfishing in "the den of fish and big, black water," the guilt of killing pests plaguing "the grounds of that green acre," growing "too old/for the caped crusader." Shurm writes with grounded clarity about family, home, nostalgia, and identity to reveal the beauty and awe that exist in the everyday moments all around us.