Contents
Acknowledgments
I. Armenia, PA
Goat Song
Near Apex, PA
Armenian Lesson
Family Visit
Schoolhouse: Stony Run, PA
Genealogy
Taking the Train from Kempton, PA
First Kidding
Kempton, PA After My Death
Black Walnuts, November
My Big Head
On His Blindness
To the Fields
Longed-For Rain
With the Herd
Last Poem About the Farm
II. Kleptomania
The Frat Boys
The Bodies of Men
Paperwhites
Travelogue
Kleptomania
In Drought
Mnemonic
Head of Amenhotep III, “Possibly a Forgery”
Against Desire
The Hands of an Ex-Lover
A Farewell to the Male Body
III. The Devout Life
Church on the Block
The Dark Ages
Resilience
Halcyon Days
An Introduction to the Devout Life
Armenian Song
The Swimmers
A Map of the Old Country, with Disputed Region
Still Life, Provenance Uncertain
Uncle Gustavus
Barcarolle
Famous Painting
From the Armenian Quarter, Jerusalem
Amaryllis