{"product_id":"9781458200136","title":"Coffee Cup Stains: Thoughts from an Autistic Poet","description":"\u003cp\u003eLife is complicated, plain and simple.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhat we see is not what anyone else sees. We see a red rose, but no one else sees that same red, for no one else has our eyes. And that’s life. We rely heavily on our five senses—taste, smell, touch, sight, and hearing—but only we can taste, smell, feel, see, or hear how we do.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe poetry included in \u003ci\u003eCoffee Cup Stains: Thoughts from an Autistic Poet\u003c\/i\u003e is based on Joy Olree’s own five senses. She was, as Lady Gaga says, born this way—with autism, in a world that cannot fully grasp the meaning. In this new poetry collection, Olree attempts to enlighten that non-autistic world, to make its inhabitants see what she sees.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRAGGED RISE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRagged rise I live\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ecareful not to see\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ewhat there is to feel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFair the well my child\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003esay there’ll never be\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eever cause to doubt\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ewhat it is my place\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ehere on earth to be.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRagged rise I go\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eclimbing to the top\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eup the mountain side\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003estaring at the heavens\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ewaiting for the answers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeaceful though I am\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI would give it all\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eif only you would ask.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRagged rise I see\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eman in all his glory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eweathered worn but\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ewhole, scattered torn\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethey roam sheltered\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003efrom life’s storm.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRagged but to rise\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eover and again\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003edown but never out\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethus it seems my life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abbott Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125561770224,"sku":"9781458200136","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781458200136_p0.jpg?v=1763863820","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781458200136","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}