Contents
It’s in me tiny | 1
I
Three warm days in January | 5
3:summer’s day:: | 7
Topographical map | 8
Lines composed above Grasmere Lake | 9
Upon hearing news that the government was planning to
Reintroduce the wolf whistle into Yosemite | 10
Kenneth Koch’s Unfinished Sestina | 11
The parable of the napkin | 13
Theorem: why angels are jealous of humans | 14
II / Prayer
7:34 am, Styrofoam cup, metal table / Prayer | 17
12:42 pm, linen flower, glare off tinted glass / Prayer | 18
3:19 pm, white plaster, white light / Prayer | 19
4:52 pm, asphalt siding, asphalt pavement / Prayer | 20
10:25 pm, wicker basket, mechanical pencil / Prayer | 22
1:17 am, steel can, book jacket / Prayer | 23
Someplace in America
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Someplace in America | 32
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IV
Love Song | 41
Love Song | 42
Love Song | 43
Love Song | 44
Love Song | 45
Love Song | 46
Love Song | 47
Love Song | 48
V
Please don’t hate me because I’m perfect | 51
Please don’t hate me because I’m perfect | 52
Please don’t hate me because I’m perfect | 53
Please don’t hate me because I’m perfect | 54
Please don’t hate me because I’m perfect | 55
Please don’t hate me because I’m perfect | 56
Love Song
Love Song | 59
Birthday party for Mr.M | 60
Love Song | 61
Farewell Song | 62
Song | 63
Love Song | 64
Pisan Canto for C.P. | 65
Love Song | 67
Definition of Zero | 68
Acknowledgments | 69