Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents ix
3. Mouthing the Words
4. Walking the Highway 3
5. Mouthing the Words 6
6. The Tall Man 7
7. Travelling with Luther 9
8. Leaving Home 12
9. The Lobster 15
10. Childhood 16
11. What are you Supposed to Say? 17
12. Hallucination 20
13. Hannah — words Imagined or Overheard 21
14. Something I'm Supposed to Remember
15. Playing for Keeps 25
16. Swish 28
17. Baptism 29
18. Carnival Man 30
19. Rudiments 31
20. Something I'm Supposed to Remember 33
21. Initials 35
22. Tourists 36
23. Something to Cry About 37
24. When I was Fifteen 41
25. Friend 42
26. Son 44
27. Son II 45
28. Salvation Army 47
29. Leaving the Dead Behind
30. St. Luke's 51
31. Leaving the Dead Behind 53
32. Family Bible 55
33. Carnival 56
34. “The Bump” — Springhill, 1958 57
35. Old Friend 58
36. Remembrance Day 59
37. The Fully Illustrated Household Physician 61
38. Legal Tender 62
39. Recollection 63
40. Vacancies 64
41. Designer Stores 65
42. When she Died 66
43. In the Villages 67
44. Women's Ward 68
45. Nursing Home 69
46. The Harbinger Poetry Series 70