Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword 1
4. One
5. Saved 5
6. Supply, Demand 7
7. After Reading Wordsworth’s Prelude, Book I 8
8. Antediluvian: Kansas City, Summer, 1953 10
9. Shop Class, 1955 12
10. Thirty-Fifth Bombing Mission, Cerignola, Italy 13
11. Stopping to Dance 15
12. Catalog People 17
13. First Fantasy 18
14. Spring Burial 20
15. Hints for Dissection: Gray’s Anatomy 22
16. Plato’s Breath 24
17. Two
18. In Front of A Small Town Radio Station 29
19. Miscarriage, Goose Bay, Labrador 30
20. Missouri Voices 32
21. Stalking Prairie: Madison, South Dakota 33
22. The Kirby Man 35
23. The Cat in the Hat: A Sequel 38
24. Dead Language 40
25. The Psychological Present 42
26. Aphasia: The Breakdown of Language 44
27. The Woman in Blue 45
28. Story Fragment in Snow 47
29. Three
30. Door Hanging 51
31. Sperm Test 52
32. Winter Storm 54
33. On a Child’s Nose Swallowed by a Dog 56
34. Banking 60
35. Shit Happens 62
36. Game of Touch 63
37. Walt Whitman at Timber Creek 65
38. Killer Hold 67
39. The Catch 69
40. Acknowledgments 70
41. About the Author 71
42. The May Swenson Poetry Award 72