{"product_id":"rhymmo","title":"Rhymes for the Times, by Matt Overs","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 28 pages, from \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRhymes for the Times\u003c\/em\u003e features a set of narrative street poems that coalesce around the current political atmosphere and major current events taking place all over the world. From the chaos in Minneapolis, to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. From the fires in LA, to the destruction in Gaza.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThe first poem, “Drug War Distilled”, takes a searing look at the decades-long arc of the U.S. Drug war. The introduction of crack cocaine onto the streets of Los Angeles. Ollie North and the Contras, all the way to Pablo, Chapo and the opioid epidemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e“Imperial Aspirations” chronicles the chaos of the first year of the second Trump administration. Whiplashing from one crisis to the next. Some of it may be distressing, yes, but the overall tone is one of hope and the enduring power of the human spirit to persevere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eMatt Overs is a novelist and street poet from Atlantic City. His perspectives are informed by his working-class upbringing in a city known for its Dickensian levels of stratification. His work has been published by \u003cem\u003eAfterthought Literary\u003c\/em\u003e and his debut novel, \u003cem\u003eDownbeach\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by Moonshine Cove.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Matt Overs","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":50966887924027,"sku":"RHYMMO","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":50966887956795,"sku":"RHYMMOe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/rhymesfront.png?v=1770764464","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/rhymmo","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}