Walking Our Boundaries

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Homosexuality 11
5. Carol, in the park, chewing on straws 17
6. We Are Leaves 22
7. Twenty- One Love Poems, XIII 29
8. Manos karastefanis 34
9. Walking Our Boundaries 39
10. Bally Power Play 45
11. The First Time 51
12. Nights of 1962: The River Merchant’s Wife 56
13. The Worrying 63
14. 7301 69
15. Mummy and donor and Deirdre 74
16. Object Lessons 80
17. Mermaid 85
18. Suits and Ties 91
19. The Falling Sky 97
20. Jump Back in Me Now 102
21. The Underwriters 107
22. In the South That Winter 112
23. Notes toward dropping out 117
24. looking out now aftr a recent brek up 124
25. Found in diary dated May 29, 1973 130
26. Riding Westward 135
27. The Broken (I) (2007) 140
28. Takeoff (2007) 149
29. Apparition (2008) 155
30. What the Future Has in Store (2009) 161
31. Evocation (2009) 171
32. Glass Orgasm (2009) 176
33. Deidre (2010) 182
34. Lessons in Woodworking (2012) 187
35. Queer 192
36. Unknown duration of Fear / A Human Being Realizes They Are Alone for the First Time in 12 Hours 198
37. Heart Condition 204
38. The First of Never (2015) 208
39. Bisexuality 213
40. Cancer, Leo Rising 219
41. The Valleys Are So Lush and Steep 224
42. After Catullus 5 234
43. Dis Pure diss 239
44. Sexual History 244
45. She Ties My Bow Tie 249
46. You Throw a Party and Every one You Have Ever Been Attracted To Is T here 253
47. Prayer of the Slut 259
48. la cortadura / the cut 264
49. Indo-Queer I 273
50. Poly Beach House 278
51. Waiting for You to Die So I Can Be Myself (2022) 283
52. She- Viper with Tales Outstretched 288
53. Summer 294
54. So Your GF Wants to Come Out as Bi and Polyamorous to Her Very Conservative Family 300
55. Sources 309
56. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 333
57. CREDITS 335
58. INDEX 343