Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Forewarnings v
3. Front Holes 1
4. Carly Rae Bedlam
5. Retrospective Horoscope for March 2020 5
6. Dorm-Room Isolation 7
7. Ohbijou 9
8. Emotion 11
9. Lesser-Known Wellness Workbooks 13
10. Statement on Potential Contributions to Diversity 14
11. Pandemic Lullaby 17
12. Boy Problems 18
13. Run Away with Me 19
14. Phone Therapy #1 20
15. I have my Suspicions 21
16. Nose Job 23
17. Please Don’t Swab me Gently 25
18. Feast and Famine
19. I 29
20. II 30
21. III 32
22. IV 33
23. V 34
24. Further Gastropoetics
25. A Better Poem About Peanut Butter— 37
26. Ways to Spread Strawberries 39
27. Fucking with Economy and Grace 42
28. Third-Date Paint Chips Black 48
29. Mother’s Day 2020 49
30. Seminar in Modernism and Opera
31. Overture 53
32. Salome 54
33. Oedipus Rex 55
34. Falstaff 56
35. Madama Butterfly 57
36. Porgy and Bess 58
37. Recommended Supplementary Listening 59
38. Salome (Reprise) 60
39. Tristan und Isolde 61
40. Muster Points
41. Instructions for Identifying your Location if Lost 65
42. “You will Be Travelling to Distant Lands for Business Purposes” 67
43. Tigerlily Perfumery, 973 Valencia St. 70
44. Meeting of the Annapolis Valley Boys Club 72
45. The Westin 74
46. Girls who Like Ani Difranco 75
47. The Foley Artist 78
48. One Day, your Grandmother— 80
49. Pet Names 82
50. Report from the Interior 84
51. Please Children, Break Some Coasters and Hearts 85
52. Acknowledgements 87
53. Author's Bios 89
54. Brave & Brilliant Series 90