Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction ix
4. I
5. Application for a Constellation 1
6. Dice-Box Instead of Skull 5
7. “And Quick, Mother? For I'm In A Rush? Where To??“ 9
8. What Should Be Known of the Same Thing 13
9. For The Klee-Milne Sketchbook 17
10. The Fencing Hall 19
11. The Most Superfluous Question Is Nevertheless: “Why?“ 21
12. The Eternal Dwelling Place 25
13. (Here Lies Stop E Stop E Stop Cummings) 27
14. Memorial Lines To Bertolt Brecht 29
15. ( 1938 — ) 31
16. Talisman 37
17. (Maybe!): St. Severin Corner 39
18. St. Severin Dies Out Of Context 41
19. It Goes On 45
20. And There Isn't 47
21. “Let's Buy Him An Alarm Clock . . . Oh, He Has One? Well, Then A Book."—"He Has That Too!“ 49
22. A Large Light Lights Up Above My Head 51
23. 1976715/b—In Two Ways: Never Yours 53
24. 1976720/o—Everything’s Clear 55
25. It May Be the Beginning of a Long Cycle 57
26. 197712/a 61
27. 197712/f 63
28. II
29. Van Gogh’s Coffeehouse Terrace 67
30. Riversides by the Impressionists 71
31. Seurat: The Periphery 77
32. Seurat: The “Bee Du Hoc“ 81
33. Camille Pissarro: Rue d’amsterdam—1897 87
34. Utrillo: “La Belle Gabrielle“ 89
35. Claude Monet's Terrace At Le Havre 91
36. Four City-Studies 95
37. The News-Angel 105
38. Old Prologue 109
39. Other Circles 111
40. Excerpt From The Four Birds Blues 117
41. The Very Same City 121
42. At Peace with Myself 127
43. The Christmas of Long Walks 131
44. Visiting A Bird’s Grave 135
45. “The Sky Of Long Summer Twilights“ 137
46. What Gets Lost in the Light 143
47. The No-Hand 147
48. “What Once Assumed A Marvelous Form“ 151