Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Foreword xi
4. (The Mothman Gets High) 1
5. Part I
6. (The Mothman Googles Its Own Name) 5
7. First of Ten Elegies for Fire and Oxycodone 7
8. Second of Ten Elegies for Fire and Oxycodone 9
9. (The Mothman at Twelve) 11
10. Psalm for the Haters in the Back 13
11. Voicemail from My Mother 15
12. (The Mothman Pronounces Appalachia) 17
13. Third of Ten Elegies for Fire and Oxycodone 19
14. Fourth of Ten Elegies for Fire and Oxycodone 21
15. (The Mothman at the Psychiatrist’s Office in the City) 23
16. It Was Time Again for Bushhogging the Paddock 25
17. Prayer for the Shitstains 27
18. (The Mothman Watches a TV Movie and Resolves to Steal the Declaration of Independence) 29
19. I Never Knew What They Meant by Flyover Country 31
20. The Best Shot in the House 33
21. Part II
22. (The Mothman Leaves the Used Car Lot Empty-Handed) 37
23. The Season We Danced Alone While Pumping Gas 39
24. Walking Blues Not Packaged for Individual Sale 41
25. (The Mothman Picks Up a Misdemeanor) 43
26. Fifth of Ten Elegies for Fire and Oxycodone 45
27. Sixth of Ten Elegies for Fire and Oxycodone 47
28. (The Mothman Dabbles in Etymology) 49
29. Coming To 51
30. I Remember You Best as the Man 53
31. (The Mothman Might Oughta Go Home) 55
32. Augury 57
33. About the Phones 59
34. Part III
35. (The Mothman on the Bullshit Curse of Interesting Times) 63
36. Seventh of Ten Elegies for Fire and Oxycodone 65
37. Eighth of Ten Elegies for Fire and Oxycodone 67
38. (The Mothman Startles the Neighbors) 69
39. Extraction 71
40. The Summer After the Winter I Taught You How to Start a Fire 73
41. (The Mothman Reads from The Book of the Dead) 75
42. Ninth of Ten Elegies for Fire and Oxycodone 77
43. Tenth of Ten Elegies for Fire and Oxycodone 79
44. (The Mothman Drops Out) 81
45. Peepers in February 83
46. Sneaking onto the Reservoir Again 85
47. (The Mothman Looks Back) 87
48. Let the Child Think She’s Found an Arrowhead 89
49. A Pangram for the Post-Modern Typefaces 91
50. Eleventh of Ten Elegies for Fire and Oxycodone 93
51. (The Mothman Gets Clean) 95
52. Notes 97
53. Acknowledgments 101