{"product_id":"9781537576749","title":"Rose Petals and Elephant Ears: A Chapbook of Poems about Beta Fish and Other Animals","description":"For some years, I loved and lost beta fish, twelve tanks of them, whom I tended and watched, knowing they live not more than five years in captivity. I thereby helped myself to accept my age. As I used the fish to try and get used to departure, waning and weakness, hanging on, and finally the sudden stiffness and pallor that signals life has ended, I felt a connection and gratitude to these small and almost always beautiful beings. I wrote about them, and the writing became more and more testimonial. One of my cousins could not imagine how I could have a pet I could not even touch. But these pets were different: my fish are about going on in straitened circumstances. These poems are a record of my wonder and my thanks and admiration.","brand":"CreateSpace Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47054054359280,"sku":"9781537576749","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781537576749_p0.jpg?v=1763744337","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781537576749","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}