{"product_id":"colony-collapse-metaphor-philip-jenks-9781934200742","title":"Colony Collapse Metaphor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Into the deeper shoals of syntax strolls Philip Jenks, sans machete, instead with a watering can filled to the brim with acto-juice precisely calculated to make those nouns and verbs and articles shoot to record heights and tangles.\"--Kevin Killian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilip Jenks's poems land like bolts of plasma: superheated, suppurated, the \"inverted afterthought\" of destiny that awaits the speaker of one poem, or absurdities that make a devastating sense, as when Jenks asks about \"temperature of God\" while invoking the fires of Auschwitz, or when he imagines meth-laced syringes puncturing a user's skin from the inside out. These poems draw blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFOX HOLE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e--where the heart sits.\u003cbr\u003e\"Body song\"\u003cbr\u003eOf a prayer, you.\u003cbr\u003eEnsemble\u003cbr\u003eAblated\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey pulled the skin and fur clean off, \u003cbr\u003eBut the fox, panting, blinked with\u003cbr\u003eWhat was left of eyes.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeeled.\u003cbr\u003e\"Strung out\"\u003cbr\u003eWill I aid and abet\u003cbr\u003eWith inaction?\u003cbr\u003eThere is no difference\u003cbr\u003eBetween killing and allowing to die.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip Jenks\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Chicago, Illinois, where he teaches English at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His previous volumes are \u003ci\u003eOn the Cave You Live In\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), \u003ci\u003eMy First Painting will be \"The Accuser\" \u003c\/i\u003e (2005), and \u003ci\u003eDisappearing Address\u003c\/i\u003e (2010). He has toured and recorded with Neil Michael Hagerty as a member of The Howling Hex. His academic specializations are in gender studies, animal rights, and political philosophy. He likes good music and pinball.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Jenks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1934200743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934200742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fence Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.90w x 0.30d","brand":"Philip Jenks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519658373375,"sku":"9781934200742","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_41153502-37c8-4355-bf1d-ac99e92b630c.jpg?v=1778738059","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/colony-collapse-metaphor-philip-jenks-9781934200742","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}