{"product_id":"man-with-head-removed-sam-robinson-9798218779900","title":"Man with Head Removed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMan with Head Removed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am not He but one who points the way. St. John's day will fall on a Friday\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 3:11, just before quitting time, a boy with a face split in two will be born\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough a cloven beak he will sing the conflagration of becoming and paint\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePremonitory images on sheets of blank paper, using various shades of black\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInk depicting a world without a single static form and white space depicting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA world without a single soul, space occupied by the spontaneous and active\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTapestry of bundled perceptions lasting for one instant \u0026amp; just as soon passing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAway by the same desiring wind that swept those threads up to begin with \u0026amp;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo on \u0026amp; so on, tides of cathexis move boulders and shell middens, the beach\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppearing completely different from one summer to the next yet maintaining\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts name by virtue of the ocean, the Sun, secret trysts with the avenging angel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn for the coming weekend, the forerunner will be marked with new organs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntennae that reach into the coming leisure and displace his Active Principle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImmersed in living water he sings waiting for the first animal to walk on land\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarrying a soaked piece of paper to disintegration in its jaw, the premonitory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImage will be consumed, and image alone! At a feast, he will make his first\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecision: to expose his antennae in polite company, leading to the ultimate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnd of this man: beheading. Burial is unnecessary, light a bonfire by the sea \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sam Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798218779900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sam Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.51d","brand":"Sam Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47244543951103,"sku":"9798218779900","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4b764c19-fefe-4882-9236-b795316e322e.jpg?v=1758135991","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/man-with-head-removed-sam-robinson-9798218779900","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}