Contents
Part I
Gym Dance with the Doors Wide Open
Girl I Never Spoke to in High School
Dyahe
Sore ga, doshita
Kindergarten Field Trip
The Shell
Shoptalk
Impromptu
What Do You Want From Me?
Night Drive
Mimi’s Trapeze
Refusal of a Lifetime
Vestigial
Part II
As If
Housing the Id
The Five Facets of Love
Let’s Face the Music and Dance
Rodin: Crouching Woman
Judith Bearing the Head of Holofernes
Criminal Statues
Interview: Performance Artist in Helsinki
Museum
Miniature Histories of the World
Justice Question # 412
How Like the Heart the Thumb
Part III
Pelicans in December
After the Service, the Widow Considers the Etymology of Salary
Listless,
Heart’s Desire
Exchanges
Just Now
Beeline Eclogue
Cemetery Seen from Above
Boxes
The Widow Slightly Revises Her Recipe for Chicken Soup
Weekend at Trish’s
Final Invitation
Part IV
Intro to Happiness
You’ve Got It Made
Ode to Loss
Jill’s Apology
Ode
Summer Olympics Look
Soul Transaction Subtotal
(This Line Intentionally Left Blank)
Self Pith
Ambitions Futilities
Before the Ink Can Dry
The Book of Blots
Part V
In the Middle of the Old Man’s Talk
New York Fix
Polaris Mall
Final Proof
Swan Song of the Last Believer
The Lake Isle of Shamrock.com
Sonnet Predicting the End of the World, with Bumper Stickers
Quake
Angel Junkman at All Souls’ Abyss
Getting There
Children’s Children Speech
Acknowledgments