This collection, rooted in conceptual poetic practice, consists of fifty-four poems, each limited to fifty-four syllables, each responding to one of the fifty-four images that appear on the cards used in the traditional Mexican lotería deck. As a gesture toward the often rhymed proverbs and other sayings that appear on the cards, most of the poems have an identifiable rhyme scheme, regular or slant. The book includes fifty-five full-color illustrations, an introductory essay by the author, and notes on the poems.