{"product_id":"kiss-release-9781956692877","title":"kiss \u0026 release","description":"A meditation in a rush, kiss \u0026amp; release is 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: \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003emost spells are made with words \u0026amp; broken by a kiss, why not the other way around?\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ewhat is more intimate than a whisper?\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ehow long will yr wife be gone?\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAre you ready for the beats? This book is a party and a romance. It's a lucid dream.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Unsolicited Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781956692877\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.31d","brand":"Anthony Dipietro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43505922474165,"sku":"9781956692877","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e0c1f6b6-c9ce-4fdc-8b9d-04d001cd0d4d.jpg?v=1705426956","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/kiss-release-9781956692877","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}