Jerry Wrigdd, poet and professed time traveler, turns the football-crazed town of Cowopolis upside-down when he refuses to sign over land for a new football stadium. He becomes the target of loathing, harassment and ultimately criminal prosecution, all the while battling grief brought on by the recent death of his girlfriend, the only person who could possibly understand his motives. Jerry struggles to overcome his grief, to fight the mass of anger and hatred pitted against him, and perhaps to find love again.