The Chaos (New Walk Editions) is the debut poetry pamphlet by 2021 First Citizens National Poetry Slam winner Derron Sandy. The pieces will be familiar to fans of Sandy’s spoken word repertoire, examining themes of sovereignty and systemic inequity, displacement and urban violence. No easy or tidy solutions are proposed to the endemic problems the poems present. Conversely, the poems’ speakers share the realities of their environments with an unstinting directness that rewards readers, urging true engagement with T&T’s realities.