The poems were composed by Jake Berry and the photographs were taken by Wayne Sides. The CD is a music album played by the two. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The book was made by Bruggeman based on poems by Lazer. The poems are illustrated with drawings of repetitive events, the electrocardiogram, electroencephalogram, an experimental music score, sine waves, and graphic solutions to mathematical equations. The poems on one side of the book are set in readable type, the poems on the verso are set in illegible smudged type. The compact disc is a recording of the author reading and performing his poems with The Alabama Poetry Ensemble. Jake Berry made the recording. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poem is accompanied by letter pictures, fragmented test or illustrations by Hill placed on the outside margins of the pages. In this version, Jake Berry has added more illustrations to the margin. This revision was first published in 1987 and digitized by Miekal And in 2007. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Berry's coded (?) language in some of the drawings in this book is reminiscent to the drawings of Guy De Cointet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Foley contributes an Afterword in which he points out that Berry phrases juxtaposed to other phrases may have nothing to do with each other. Foley indicates that readers identify the value of a text with its unity but Berry's text is deliberately & fundamentally incoherent - though it is not insane. Berry is not under the delusion that his text makes sense whereas in fact it does not. It is a glimpse of chaos that allows us to hold our minds, without danger, in constant perception of a powerful force, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The line drawings, one each to the page of poems has surrealistic imagery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Stored with Jake Berry's tapes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

According to Kettner, "First (and only) edition. Average press run for Bomb Shelter: 300-500 copies. From brief author's introduction 'In these writings and collages some "other," the "rawspirit," does the speaking. For that reason any attempt to understand this in a linear or logical context will be difficult or impossible. I see pandemonium as a break from the strictures of codified behavior into a liberated existence.'" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

J. Berry uses the English prefixes 'un' and 'non' as his text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The drawing is composed with white ink on black paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.