I have to say, I wasn't profoundly impressed by this collection. My favorites were "Ode to Buttoning and Unbuttoning My Shirt," "Ode to the Puritan in Me," "To My Big Friend's Sister," and "Weeping."

On the whole, it was rather forgettable. But, figs appear often enough, and How to Read Literature Like a Professor tells me that it probably means something. I suspect a lost of innocence or something along those lines.