{"product_id":"2940154637128","title":"3AM: Poems and Stories From the Other Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome readers find comfort in reading poetry like one feels at ease with a cat on the lap. But some poems rocket you out of your comfort zone. They have the audacity to get in your face and shake your rump up. Robert Frost said, \"Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.\" However, I believe words should also be the founders of thoughts.\u003cbr\u003eThe poems in 3AM were birthed at that hour, or at some point in the witching hours between midnight and dawn. I hope these poems lift you from the pages or pixels on your screen and send your heart flying around the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcerpts:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Man in The Moon 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho's up at 2 am?\u003cbr\u003eThe midnight oil has long burned out\u003cbr\u003eSleep and sex roll restless\u003cbr\u003eOn the worn mattress.\u003cbr\u003eDreams escape the open eyes\u003cbr\u003eShadows rattle the door\u003cbr\u003eThree o'clock is the witching hour\u003cbr\u003eRed ashes float from the patio\u003cbr\u003eEyes across the courtyard catch you breathing.\u003cbr\u003eYou look away only to look again.\u003cbr\u003eYou know the lonely mattress would enjoy the company\u003cbr\u003eAnd your lilac-scented air could use some funk.\u003cbr\u003eBut the night won't last a lifetime, so\u003cbr\u003eYou slip back into your room and wonder,\u003cbr\u003eWhat if there is a man in the moon?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Good Dog\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe neighbor beats his dog at 3am\u003cbr\u003eand he don't stop\u003cbr\u003eI hear her tail beating the wall\u003cbr\u003eand he don't stop\u003cbr\u003eShe gnaws on his bone\u003cbr\u003eand he don't stop\u003cbr\u003eAll night long she whines\u003cbr\u003eand he don't stop\u003cbr\u003eHer collar and chain drags the floor\u003cbr\u003eand he don't stop\u003cbr\u003eShe begs at the table\u003cbr\u003eand he don't stop\u003cbr\u003eShe rolls over and plays dead\u003cbr\u003eand he don't stop\u003cbr\u003eShe fetches his slippers\u003cbr\u003eand he don't stop\u003cbr\u003eShe trees his birds\u003cbr\u003eand he don't stop\u003cbr\u003eShe has his puppies\u003cbr\u003eand he don't stop\u003cbr\u003eAll in the wee hours I hear\u003cbr\u003ebitch bitch bitch\u003cbr\u003eand he don't stop.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wes Writers \u0026 Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47163241464048,"sku":"2940154637128","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940154637128_p0.jpg?v=1764074257","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940154637128","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}