Contents
1.
Self-Portrait as the Chosen One
The Subjunctive
Waning Gibbous
Postcard to John, Overlooking Barachois Beach, Prince Edward Island, Late May
Doppelgängers
Aleph
Survivor’s Guilt
Leaving Prince Edward Island, July 2015
Three October Fragments
Providence
Palindrome Cento
Letter to John on the Anniversary of Miles Davis’ Death
Tet
Cri de Coeur in Red
Invocation
Postcard to John, with a View of the French Quarter
2.
Late April Song
Bet
Those Who Want a Mask Have to Wear it
Ceremonial Cento
Three Songs for the Snake
Self-Portrait with the Death of the Firstborn
Letter to John Ashbery
Gimel
Cri de Coeur in White
Ghazal to John, from Exile
Post-Mortem
Postcard to John, with Early Spring Storm
Ganymede’s Tutor, After the Ascension
After Chagall
Het
Leaving San Francisco, June 1999
3.
Question
Dalet
Postcard to John, from Charlottetown, Late March
Epithalamion
She was Always Sleeping Then
Zayin
Song to the Banished
Running the Film Backwards
He
Two Storms
Letter to John, with Plague of Absent Bees
Rooms
Anniversary
Still Life with the Plague of Darkness
Vav
Unfinished Stained Glass Window
Notes
Acknowledgments