Contents
I.
La Llorona as Andrea Yates
The Impossible You
Creation Myth (1981)
The Monastery & Farm Have Been Sold
Self-Portrait with Headphones On
A Study of You, Grief
Coming Out
Creation Myth
Leaving El Campo, TX
A Body Becomes Less
Departure/Aperture
Wharton, TX
II.
Texas Hurricanes (1980–Present)
Elegy Composed of a Thousand Voices in a Bottle
After I Lost You
Creation Myth (1985)
Corpus Christi, before Hurricane Ivan
Stiletto
Victoria, TX
La Beautiful Street
Big Bend, TX
Coming Out
A Study of You, Grief
Puberty
Parts of a Flower
III.
Creation Myth (1981)
Lilacism
Parts of the Alphabet
Looking at Women
Learning the F Word
A Study of You, Love
Descriptions of his Tongue
Women Go Missing
Sonnet for Jinkx Monsoon
Wharton, TX
Hot Mess
Self-Portrait with Headphones On
IV.
Orgy
La Estrella
Nothing Sticks (2011)—Excerpts
Trying to Anchor You, Father
Reconstructing the Burial from a Few Fragments
La Beautiful Street
Creation Myth
Self-Portrait with Headphones On
Corpus Christi, after Hurricane Ivan
Grief: A Study of You
Elma
Karankawa
I Leave
Origin
Notes
Acknowledgments