Contents
Part 1
Real Faux Pearls
Thinking of You, Hiroshima
The Coat
The Distinct Call of the Alligators
The Y
A Girl Named Spring
Dawn
Lights Out
The Hospital State
Something to Say
Outside the Depot
The Argument, 1973
Midnight Vapor Light Breakdown
Sex Ed
"The Blues Is a Thief"
A Small Patch of Ice
You Figure It Out
Soup Kitchen
Part 2
The Red Line
Pick a Card
144 Minden Street
Drifting Through This Pious Town
Bird Lady
24 Hours
Too Deep
Old Birds
The Feel
St. Mary's Blues
Three Wishes
Forget Your Life
Ladders and Ropes
The World Snow Posits
At the Aquarium
Into the Woods
Joining the Circus
Three Deaths