Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Fanta grape 1
4. Rid the kitchen 4
5. Ikebana 5
6. Gorge 6
7. Ink Runs 7
8. REHAB (we want grace walls) 8
9. National sky 9
10. Buckle up, Sweetie 10
11. Piranesi under The Keystone of A 11
12. Eternal Youth 12
13. PARTITA Flat-out Mars 13
14. To Dolls Big as Clara 14
15. Bear 16
16. Dolly Loves the Ocean 17
17. Little Soulyard, 1 18
18. Island of the Judge who kept us 19
19. State Fair 20
20. First surge Cable 21
21. My Liebestod 22
22. Frail of a year 23
23. Midwest 24
24. Soldiering PARTITA 25
25. Little Soulyard, 2 27
26. Sadly, I noticed 29
27. Andrew, all bespoke 32
28. The Porticos of Toulouse 33
29. Porn Guy Idée Fixe 35
30. Champagne Blondes / Little Scrap of Irony 37
31. The Challenge 39
32. 59th Street Station 40
33. Sweet Thing Theology 41
34. To the Cinematographer 42
35. High Nouns Shepherd 45
36. Speak Revenue 46
37. Mantra 47
38. Solace Ritual 48
39. The Dark Dauphine 50
40. A Letter from Home To Karen Dalton 51
41. Call Sleeping 52
42. The Chiffon Artist 53
43. Beauty 54
44. Mandarin Character, YELLO CROWN 55
45. Water Quip 56
46. Poem on Velvet & Fire’s Extra Fun 58
47. Djinns in orbit 60
48. 14 lines 61
49. 2 hands writing 62
50. Blue Hour 63
51. Great Expectations 64
52. Great North Primitive Story 66
53. Bread Alone 68
54. Poem on Velvet, Carnegie Hall 69
55. Floating Island 70
56. Red Sleep 71
57. WIDOW on a train 72
58. Outside’s 74
59. Baby Krishna crawls to bliss 75
60. The Banjo Clock 76
61. Acknowledgments 79
62. Notes 81