Contents
Acknowledgments
I
Reform, Missouri
Blind King
New Orleans
Low Definition
Everyone Was Dead and I Went On, Drunk
The General
Weed Guide
Careless Simile
Vaudeville
Strip Mall
Long Occupation
II
Twelve Bar Blues
Recovery Coffee
Sibling Gothic
The Transparent Fabulist
There's Something Quieter than Sleep
Family Plot
Permanent Collection
Tell Me about the Fates
You're in the Picture
Mortuary Art
III
To My Heart
The Zombie
Cavebunny
Tennessee Williams
Surrender
To a Friend, on Living Alone
Spring
A Story about Show Business
Star Chart
Assez Vu
Sleeping Song
IV
Lucky
Dance of Death
Likeness
Compact Mirror
Sight Gags
Reasons for Living Happily
Medallion
The Gallow Ball (1950)
Spiritual Exercises
Notes