Cover
Contents
Making a Face Out of Granite
To My Ancestors
Dad Telling Stories
Instincts
A Walk in Mercado De La Merced
As the Fog Starts Burning Away
Letter From a Paisa
Tectonics
The Search
Leaving Before Chrristmas
What Happens After
Movement Manifesto
Sweet Little Things
Stipple Ceilng
How to Move On
The Overwhelming Smell of Rosemary
Measuring Memory
Tectonics
Ars Poetica
To The Guy Who Dressed a Mannequin and Propped it up in the Passenger Seat to Use The Carpool Lane
Outside the Observable Universe
Choose Your Own Adventure
Rules of the Game
Mom is From Wisconsin Dad is From Mexico and I Sing
Puebla
Odysseus as A Mexican Boy
I’ll Never Be
Tectonics
Letter From a Kid Who Sucked On Quarters in Kindergarten
Ulysses in Puebla
Roots
Playing by the River at Rincon De San Andres
The Water Delivery Man
The Return
Girl With Lillies Knockoff
Making a Face Out of Clay
Transcend
All Good Stories Require A Journey
The Apartment Complex
The Chairman
Letter From a Philosopher
Tectonics
The Cold
Frantic Ghosts
Notes & Gratitude
Acknowledgements