Explosion at the poem factory

"Kilmer Watts makes his living teaching piano lessons, but when automatic pianos arrive in town, he realizes he's out of a job. He spots a Help Wanted sign at the poem factory and decides to investigate--he's always been curious about how poems are made. The foreman explains that machines and assembly lines are used for poetry these days. So Kilmer learns how to operate the 'meter meter' and empty the 'clich? bins.' But one day the machines begin to malfunction..."--Dust jacket.