18 Nice Paint Job

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1 Chickens Saved My Life 1
5. 2 The Time It Takes (By Way of an Introduction) 3
6. 3 Secret 7
7. 4 A Possum Fate (Averted) 9
8. 5 Events Unfold in the Snow 12
9. 6 Chicken Feet 17
10. 7 Why Chickens, or Homage to Gloria 18
11. 8 Boomerang 22
12. 9 A Way of Making Another Egg 25
13. 10 Shivers and Shakes 28
14. 11 The Chicken or the Egg 32
15. 12 Strawberry/Fetish 34
16. 13 Life after Life 40
17. 14 The Poetry of Pigs 44
18. 15 Some Musings on Metaphor 45
19. 16 Tricking the Body 51
20. 17 Chicken Joke 53
21. 18 Nice Paint Job 57
22. 19 Frenzied Calm 59
23. 20 Tokhm-e Morgh 73
24. 21 Disability 74
25. 22 Why Me, Lord? 75
26. 23 Five Down, Two to Go 80
27. 24 The Warrior Song of King Gesar 81
28. 25 Euphoria 85
29. 26 A Fern Romance 87
30. 27 Weeding 89
31. 28 Untimely 92
32. 29 Blue/Shimmer 93
33. 30 Missed Connection 109
34. 31 Blown through the Air 111
35. 32 Don’t Think about It (For the Moment) 114
36. 33 Spheres of Glass 115
37. 34 Purple Haze 123
38. 35 Cantankerous Rooster 125
39. 36 Dead and Alive: A Tenuous Continuum 128
40. 37 Breakfast Anecdotes 138
41. 38 Landscape 139
42. 39 Tootin Pootin 143
43. 40 Dragon Inn 150
44. 41 All along the Highway 153
45. 42 A Lion’s Roar 156
46. 43 The Ecology of Cancer, and What Do Ants Have to Do with It? 158
47. 44 What Does It Matter? 164
48. 45 So Unctuous and So Tender 166
49. 46 Dorland 169
50. 47 Touched by a Whale 174
51. 48 Travel 181
52. 49 The Answer Is Not Coming 182
53. 50 Nightclub Bouncers 184
54. 51 All Natural 187
55. 52 Anza Borrego 190
56. 53 Lighten Up 197
57. 54 Glad to Be Here (Plaintive Knowledge) 203
58. 55 Stinging Nettles 205
59. 56 A Talent for Cancer 212
60. 57 Phobia: The Chickens Come Home to Roost 214
61. 58 Walking Meditation 219
62. 59 A Ticket for Tuppence 221
63. 60 Reaching Yirrkala 226
64. 61 Chookless 245
65. 62 Chicken Shit 246
66. 63 Mimetic Pain 250
67. 64 You Are Mostly Not You 254
68. 65 RIP Elvis, the King of the Cats 260
69. 66 Afterlife 263
70. 67 Art Alive 268
71. 68 Bodies in Pieces 271
72. 69 A Prospect of Consolation 275
73. 70 Fig Future 278
74. 71 Between Fresh and Rotten 280
75. 72 Blood Poetry 294
76. 73 Shimmer and Glimmer 295
77. 74 I Need an Advocate 297
78. 75 Nameless 302
79. 76 Fermentation Dreams 306
80. 77 The Structure That a Life Has 309
81. 78 Like a Cat in a Hat, Sleek and Brave: RIP Ryoko 311
82. 79 The Malvolio Gene 314
83. 80 What Do You Expect? 318
84. 81 Chimera 320
85. 82 The Last Chicken Standing 335
86. 83 Arrivederci 338
87. Notes 343