This book is comprised of twenty mesostic poems by Cage that draw on the writings of serious anachists, for example, one mesostic is based on a quote from Thoreau, "That government is best which governs not at all..." Anarchy is considered the culmination of Cage's work as a poet, a composer and thinker about contemporary society. Cage also wrote an intoductory essay documenting his thoughts about anarchism. The mesostics consist of the names of important anarchists, e.g., Emma Goldman, Peter Kropotkin, and Mario Maletesta. the book was written by Cage in 1988 but published here in 2001. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.