{"product_id":"an-embroidered-suit-escape-of-the-sacrifice","title":"An Embroidered Suit (Escape of the Sacrifice)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Evan Kennedy\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Spiral Editions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"How distant are these songs from your life\u003cbr\u003eHave they capitulated to those in power or\u003cbr\u003edo they exist in a shadow culture an invisible\u003cbr\u003emythology that’s the country’s undercurrent\u003cbr\u003ean underground river And if a shadow culture\u003cbr\u003ehow have they fought off assimilation I don’t\u003cbr\u003esee them in the playlists of those who could destroy us\u003cbr\u003eand get away with it\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the recent past, probably in the \"United States,\" a fugitive is aided by an otherworldly figure. As they escape by rowboat, they seek a mythology through old ballads. They also attempt to transform their violent past into a fantastic outfit embroidered with their obsessions and crimes: a disguise to evade capture, something like camouflage. \"An Embroidered Suit (Escape of the Sacrifice)\" is part of a long narrative poem in progress titled Twa Corbies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElliptical, cascading, epic, \"horrible or ingenious;\" this book signals and broadcasts its changing subjectivities as the cuckoo does: \"Don't place your affections on a sycamore tree...for the top it will wither, and the roots they will die,\" which seems like an apt way of setting the table to tell the story of \"America.\" From Bristol, Tennessee to Compton's Cafeteria, Kennedy pulls these long myths out of his sleeves like silk scarves, colorful, brilliant, and helixed, waving in the air of the song.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spiral Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44253471408227,"sku":"0612202602","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/8655\/1139\/files\/260430_SpiralEditions_AnEmbroideredSuit_IG1.jpg?v=1781307790","url":"https:\/\/woodlandpatternbookcenter.com\/products\/an-embroidered-suit-escape-of-the-sacrifice","provider":"Woodland Pattern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}