{"product_id":"kiss-release","title":"kiss \u0026 release","description":"\u003cp\u003eA meditation in a rush, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ekiss \u0026amp; release\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eis driven by the intense voice of an observant, insistent \u0026amp; emotional \"I.\" He's an urban gay man who admits he's here with a date, but you never know how the night will end. He has several loves, at least a few fuckboys, and many questions: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emost spells are made with words \u0026amp; broken by a kiss, why not the other way around?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhat is more intimate than a whisper?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehow long will yr wife be gone?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave you ever noticed it? asks \"Love Is Finished Again,\" a poem cycle revealed in seven movements. The sequence muses on how we end up in the same place over \u0026amp; over in sex \u0026amp; love \u0026amp; everything. The only real change is through decay that makes ruins, noseless busts, caves of Pompeii, brothel rooms. Even language \u0026amp; communication decay, as a number of mashup and collaborative poems explore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre you ready for the beats? This book is a party and a romance. It's a lucid dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis poetry accuses, brags, confesses, obsesses, panics \u0026amp; promises. It discos, raves \u0026amp; swings. It falls in love during a hookup but gets bored at a four-way. It woos the Zodiac; tries to get its virginity back; invents sex as a religion, mythologizes masculinity \u0026amp; succumbs to its devils; kills a snake to resurrect a lover; gives a blowjob at a dirty book store; goes to see bad performance art; looks for love \u0026amp; finds it everywhere\/wherever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r","brand":"Anthony Dipietro","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44461742719212,"sku":"9781956692877","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781956692877.jpg?v=1709490702","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/kiss-release","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}