Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Foreword xi
5. I
6. Aria 5
7. Birds 6
8. This summer 7
9. The bear 8
10. The surgeon general 10
11. That’s a take 11
12. Simile practice 12
13. Once again i fail to read an important novel 13
14. Happy hour 14
15. The mastodon at the carnegie natural history museum 15
16. Janitorial 16
17. Say my name 17
18. Petroglyphs 19
19. Tosca 21
20. II
21. Vikings 25
22. Miss december 26
23. Blood-soaked bear turd 27
24. Retards 28
25. Good humor 30
26. Haywire 31
27. Casablanca 32
28. Norelco 34
29. What would jesus do? 35
30. Unwise purchases 36
31. View of the city of delft 38
32. Anniversary 40
33. The table 41
34. Chinese 43
35. III
36. She’s good 47
37. Waiting 49
38. Museum piece 51
39. Olympics 52
40. Dark side of the moon 53
41. Going to bed 54
42. Citizen kane 55
43. Global warming 56
44. About the author 59
45. The may swenson poetry award 61