{"product_id":"second-nature-poems","title":"Second Nature: Poems","description":"In these poems, Eric Paul Shaffer explores second nature, “a practice natural enough to look natural.” Practice means acting within every moment and also means refining the most elegant and economical way to act. Practice is both what we do and what we learn to do well. These simultaneous senses reveal our second nature, whether one reads bumper stickers, counts magpies, imagines a brother as a river, grieves a lost mango tree, or squints the eye just enough to see clearly.\nAlways outside of ourselves, the world looks just so\nwhen we travel far enough. Inked and painted lines\nare ours, drawn from us, not the sky,\nnot the earth, not even the whorls at the tip of a finger.\nLook softly, and the world blurs. Edges vanish. I slacken\nmy sight and exfine the world, erase brinks,\nmute borders, and then I see. In a fade of red, I see a world\nin flux. In a mist of green, I see what I should never expect.\nIn a splash of white, I see an eternity\nno one wants. I see all the same way snow smooths\nthe verge of a cliff and deroughs the peaks of mountains.\n— from “Exfinition”\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1587750600\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1587750600.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Shaffer, Eric Paul\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: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43611808858173,"sku":"BVV.1587750600.VG","price":13.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1587750600-0.jpg?v=1789248359","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/second-nature-poems","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}