{"product_id":"a-worldly-country-new-poems-paperback-1","title":"A Worldly Country: New Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Ashbery\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrill of a Romance \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's different when you have hiccups. \u003cbr\u003eEverything is--so many glad hands competing \u003cbr\u003efor your attention, a scarf, a puff of soot, \u003cbr\u003eor just a blast of silence from a radio. \u003cbr\u003eWhat is it? That's for you to learn \u003cbr\u003eto your dismay when, at the end of a long queue \u003cbr\u003ein the cafeteria, tray in hand, they tell you the gate closed down \u003cbr\u003eafter the Second World War. Syracuse was declared capital \u003cbr\u003eof a nation in malaise, but the directorate \u003cbr\u003ehad other, hidden goals. To proclaim logic \u003cbr\u003ea casualty of truth was one. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone's solitude (and resulting promiscuity) \u003cbr\u003eperfumed the byways of villages we had thought civilized. \u003cbr\u003eI saw you waiting for a streetcar and pressed forward. \u003cbr\u003eAlas, you were only a child in armor. Now when ribald toasts \u003cbr\u003esail round a table too fair laid out, why the consequences \u003cbr\u003eare only dust, disease and old age. Pleasant memories \u003cbr\u003eare just that. So I channel whatever \u003cbr\u003einto my contingency, a vein of mercury \u003cbr\u003ethat keeps breaking out, higher up, more on time \u003cbr\u003eevery time. Dirndls spotted with obsolete flowers, \u003cbr\u003eworn in the city again, promote open discussion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 8.98 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47581318021341,"sku":"9780061173844","price":15.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/1VBjEcPVN_9780061173844_66eb3f47-f691-4ca5-9758-fa15d6dac6b0.webp?v=1773561606","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/a-worldly-country-new-poems-paperback-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}