Contents
1.
On the Isle of Erytheia
Nose of Least Comparison
Tell the Truth But Leave Immediately After
The Children
Seal Beach
Parts of a Feather
For my colleague, I have an interest—
Slobs of the Ineffable Go to Evensong
The Odd Bloom of Sept. 11, Seen from Space
Containment
Outside Los Banos, California
2. Bolero
These Arrow-Smitten Stymphalian Birds
To Laura, a Virgin-Unwed
Owls
“I don’t want to die on a listserv”
Retractable by Design
Portraits at the Funeral
Silver
Self-Portrait of a Sister, Cubist-Style
People Are Taking Advantage of It
The Hot Siberians
Working for My Father
The Park Below
We Lost the Avant-Garde to Mass Culture
Bolero
Blazon for Our Time
When She’s Writing
Carried by a Bee
The Double Life of Veronique
The Snow People