{"product_id":"hustle-1","title":"Hustle","description":"\"David Martinez is like an algebra problem invented by America—he's polynomial, and fractioned, full of identity variables and unsolved narrative coefficients. . . . Hustle is full of dashing nerve, linguistic flair, and unfakeable heart.\"—Tony Hoagland\nThe dark peoples with things:\nfor keys, coins, pencils\nand pens our pockets grieve.\nNo street lights or signs,\nno liquor stores or bars,\nonly a lighter for a flashlight,\nand the same-faced trees,\nsimilar-armed stones\nand crooked bushes\nstaring back at me.\nThere is no path in the woods for a boy from the city.\nI would have set fire to get off this wilderness\nbut Palomar is no El Camino in an empty lot,\nthe plastic dripping from the dash\nand the paint bubbling like a toad's throat.\nIf mountains were old pieces of furniture,\nI would have lit the fabric and danced.\nIf mountains were abandoned crack houses,\nI would have opened their meanings with flame,\nif that would have let the wind and trees lead my eyes\nor shown me the moon's tiptoe on the moss—\nas you effect my hand,\nas we walk into the side of a Sunday night.\nDavid Tomas Martinez has published in San Diego Writer's Ink, Charlotte Journal, Poetry International, and has been featured in Border Voices. A PhD candidate at the University of Houston, Martinez is also an editor for Gulf Coast.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1936747774\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1936747774.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Martinez, David Tomas\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43337006809149,"sku":"BVV.1936747774.A","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1936747774-0.jpg?v=1783816193","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/hustle-1","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}