In the tradition of Letters to Wendy’s, poet Lauren Ireland composed a series of short letters to Lil’ Wayne while he was in incarcerated in 2010. Razor sharp and funny as hell, Ireland’s aphoristic missives are barbed with surprises:

“Spirit animals are bullshit but I have one—it’s a big huge knife.”

Dear Lil’ Wayne isn’t out yet, but you can get a sweet deal from Magic Helicopter Press if you pre-order now, plus a chance to win even more swag from the cover designer Krysten Brown. Win/win and you don’t even have to submit to a body cavity search.