{"product_id":"martinez-david-thomas-hustle","title":"Martinez, David Thomas: Hustle","description":"\u003cp\u003eSarabande, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: May 13, 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"David Martinez is like an algebra problem invented by America--he's polynomial, and fractioned, full of identity variables and unsolved narrative coefficients. . . .\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis full of dashing nerve, linguistic flair, and unfakeable heart.\"--Tony Hoagland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dark peoples with things:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003efor keys, coins, pencils\u003cbr\u003eand pens our pockets grieve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo street lights or signs,\u003cbr\u003eno liquor stores or bars,\u003cbr\u003eonly a lighter for a flashlight,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eand the same-faced trees,\u003cbr\u003esimilar-armed stones\u003cbr\u003eand crooked bushes\u003cbr\u003estaring back at me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is no path in the woods for a boy from the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI would have set fire to get off this wilderness\u003cbr\u003ebut Palomar is no El Camino in an empty lot,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ethe plastic dripping from the dash\u003cbr\u003eand the paint bubbling like a toad's throat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf mountains were old pieces of furniture,\u003cbr\u003eI would have lit the fabric and danced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf mountains were abandoned crack houses,\u003cbr\u003eI would have opened their meanings with flame,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eif that would have let the wind and trees lead my eyes\u003cbr\u003eor shown me the moon's tiptoe on the moss--\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eas you effect my hand,\u003cbr\u003eas we walk into the side of a Sunday night.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40817268359191,"sku":"9781936747771","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/61-4NQqDTyL.jpg?v=1745529404","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/martinez-david-thomas-hustle","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}