{"product_id":"de-la-o-marsha-every-rave","title":"de la O, Marsha: Every Ravening Thing","description":"\u003cp\u003eUniversity of Pittsburgh Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: April 02, 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book__content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeats at Fourteen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe dozes, her nails fretted against the linen’s border,\u003cbr\u003ea hectic rose flaming each cheek. Her lips move, no words.\u003cbr\u003eThe boy is guardian spirit, no one but he enters this sickroom\u003cbr\u003ewhere his mother fades, home finally after six years—failures,\u003cbr\u003edisgrace. \u003ci\u003eScarlet daughter,\u003c\/i\u003e neighbors hiss,\u003ci\u003e slave to appetite,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ebut John is single-minded—she\u003ci\u003e will \u003c\/i\u003elive\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eNo one but he gives her\u003cbr\u003ethe tincture of mercury—one tenth of a grain daily, dabs the sweat\u003cbr\u003eof her fevers away, a basket of withered poppies at his feet. He pierces\u003cbr\u003eeach capsule with a needle, drops it in a small glazed crock to warm\u003cbr\u003enear the stove, sweat out the opium. Then he’ll add wine, saffron,\u003cbr\u003enutmeg. It takes time, the hour darkens. He cups his hand\u003cbr\u003eto light the votive. She moans a furred voice from webbed lungs,\u003cbr\u003ea cup of black blood brimming, \u003ci\u003ethe pilgrim is fleeing the City,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehe leans in closer, \u003ci\u003ethe City of Destruction, \u003c\/i\u003etakes her clammy hand,\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethat place also where he was born,\u003c\/i\u003e so close now he’s breathing her,\u003cbr\u003e“Johnny\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e” she cries, “lift me up, Johnny, your father is here in the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40817200463895,"sku":"9780822965756","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/view_archive_8c88c6a1-2694-43b0-9cde-dec4b43d97ea.jpg?v=1703282014","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/de-la-o-marsha-every-rave","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}