Rhymes with Metaphor

Twenty-four-year-old Welsh Canadian poet Reg is struggling to finish his MFA while in the grips of writers block. His best friend, Martin, attempting to get him out of his head and needing a wingman, convinces him to come to his crushs party. What Reg doesnt anticipate is meeting the crushs eighteen-year-old brother, Joel, a first-year premed student whose perfect self-possession gets right up Regs nose.

But, like sand in an oyster, Joels irritating presence has a productive effect on Reg, and suddenly, hes writing poetry again (still irritated, but writing). Joels self-assurance, however, is an act; the pressure of school and family expectation have rendered him so tightly wound hes about to snap, and when Joel finally comes apart, theres no one to help put him back together. Except Reg.

If Reg were any further up himself, hed disappear, but he finds that he cant stand by and watch his muse suffer. And he discovers that this more vulnerable Joel opens his heart.

But this new relationship threatens Regs friendship with Martin, as Martins crush (now girlfriend) believes Reg is taking advantage of her baby brother.

Reg must choose: Give up Joel or lose Martin, his best and only friend.