It's also about how appearances deceive, how our culture can sweep us along into doing and saying things we didn't intend or don't like, and Armantrout's style is trying to help us stop or slow down. "Smack" can mean "kiss" as in air kisses, as in lip-smacking, but that can lead to "smack" as in "hit" as in domestic
Trata también de cómo las apariencias engañan, cómo nuestra cultura puede arrastrarnos a hacer y decir cosas que no pretendíamos o no nos gustan, y el estilo de Armantrout intenta ayudar a parar o ralentizarnos. "Smack" puede significar "besar", como en lanzar besos al aire o besar en los labios,