{"product_id":"2940154660003","title":"The Sydney Sessions: 12 Steps","description":"\u003cp\u003eHi Again:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHey,\u003cbr\u003ehow have you been?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon't let,\u003cbr\u003ethe prose fool you,\u003cbr\u003ethis is just,\u003cbr\u003ethe intro it's not a poem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyways,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehow long has it been?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI know,\u003cbr\u003eit's probably only been about a year,\u003cbr\u003ebut time moves fast,\u003cbr\u003eat the same time slow,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emaybe that's why 2017 felt so long,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eseriously,\u003cbr\u003edo you feel like,\u003cbr\u003e2017 was a really long year,\u003cbr\u003elike longer than any year before it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm not joking,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis it just me,\u003cbr\u003eor is something really strange going on,\u003cbr\u003eplease write me back,\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; let me know your thoughts on this.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet me know,\u003cbr\u003enot only your thoughts on this,\u003cbr\u003ebut your thoughts on the world,\u003cbr\u003eon me on yourself,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elet me know how you're feeling,\u003cbr\u003eI know we've drifted apart about,\u003cbr\u003ebut I'm still out here,\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; you're still out here,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp; we are not alone,\u003cbr\u003eas lonely as we sometimes feel,\u003cbr\u003eyou can always write me,\u003cbr\u003eyou can always visit me,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI will always welcome you,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith open arms,\u003cbr\u003ewith an open door,\u003cbr\u003ewith an open mind,\u003cbr\u003ewith an open heart,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehonestly,\u003cbr\u003eplease come see me sometimes,\u003cbr\u003eyou always have a place here,\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; that's the truth...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow,\u003cbr\u003ewhat about this new book,\u003cbr\u003ehow did it come about,\u003cbr\u003ewhy was it written?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell,\u003cbr\u003elike many great things,\u003cbr\u003eit was spontaneous,\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; unplanned,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was in Sydney (actually I still am),\u003cbr\u003eI'd just checked into a highrise loft,\u003cbr\u003esomeone fed me some drugs,\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; I totally freaked out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyone that knows me,\u003cbr\u003eknows I am usually straight edge,\u003cbr\u003eI don't even drink or smoke cigs,\u003cbr\u003eso I super flipped out in public.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI left the club I'd been invited to,\u003cbr\u003enot even saying goodbye,\u003cbr\u003eto the band that invited me,\u003cbr\u003ewent back to the loft \u0026amp; wrote this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm calling it,\u003cbr\u003e'The Sydney Sessions',\u003cbr\u003efor obvious reasons,\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; subtitling it '12 Steps'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 steps,\u003cbr\u003ebecause it's kinda like,\u003cbr\u003ea road to recovery,\u003cbr\u003eor a wake-up call.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally,\u003cbr\u003eI'd planned on putting out,\u003cbr\u003evolume 2 of The Holy Trilogy this month,\u003cbr\u003ebut it seemed rushed,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethen,\u003cbr\u003eI wasn't going to release anything,\u003cbr\u003eat all for the holidays,\u003cbr\u003eI was just going to wait,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethen,\u003cbr\u003eI got fed,\u003cbr\u003ean experimental drug,\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; proceeded to write,\u003cbr\u003e12 poems,\u003cbr\u003ein 4 hours,\u003cbr\u003ethen spent,\u003cbr\u003e2 days editing them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI met, an amazingly gifted artist,\u003cbr\u003ehere in Sydney,\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; instantly asked him,\u003cbr\u003eto design the cover for the book,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis name is Sam Shenna,\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; not only did he do an epic cover,\u003cbr\u003ebut his name coincides,\u003cbr\u003ewith the “S” theme that exists here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Sydney Sessions,\u003cbr\u003e12 Steps,\u003cbr\u003eSam Shenna,\u003cbr\u003eit all kinda makes sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyways,\u003cbr\u003ehere you go,\u003cbr\u003ehere are The 12 Steps,\u003cbr\u003ekinda a little love letter to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI know this world,\u003cbr\u003elooks like it's going crazy,\u003cbr\u003ethat we're living in some sort of Sci-Fi,\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; that nothing seems real,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp; 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