{"product_id":"the-lounging-lizard-poet-of-the-floating-world-poems-antipoems-9780995120488","title":"The Lounging Lizard Poet of the Floating World: poems \/ antipoems","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew Zealand literature has no one like Keith Hill. Always surprising, a genuine original. - Roger Horrocks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE MODERN DILEMMA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving spent a lifetime of Western privilege\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edoing the limbo while jumping over my knees\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI feel it is my right now to proclaim\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI consider myself short-changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring hours spent stopped in rush hour queues\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have meticulously catalogued the disparities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebetween what people heap on their teaspoons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the unnamed ghouls that slink \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epast their windows at night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI will try to keep it short.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut there is no way to make it pretty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI begin by stating the obvious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone is so distracted by abstract nouns\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-democracy religion economics freedom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebiology sexuality orientation identity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estatus fashion novelty literature-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethey don't notice what is really going on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI refer to the modern process\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby which the machinery of civilisation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einserts a straw into the brain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eextracts the juices\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethen pounds what is left to form\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ean attitude a person a career a place in jail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do you stop the juice being extracted \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom your brain?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome consider such questions a category error \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003earguing being overwhelmed with doubt \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehas for too long been misconstrued \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas evidence human beings possess a soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOthers petition the ancient prophets' God \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho wrote all his bestsellers millennia ago\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand has long since succumbed to writer's block.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis has left modern humanity perplexed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are each now a troubled mind staring out\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethrough the sockets in our endoskeleton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeyes roaming like searchlights \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eacross the bumps and crevices of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly the undaunted few dare look down to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eobserve their toes hanging over the ledge \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebelow which yawns the precipice \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat separates life from death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a sight for beginners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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 Disjunct Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780995120488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.27d","brand":"Keith Hill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51924698497205,"sku":"9780995120488","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1e012ba7-5991-4fdd-a0be-ecd7720887e0.jpg?v=1761660487","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-lounging-lizard-poet-of-the-floating-world-poems-antipoems-9780995120488","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}