Contents
I.
IN THE U-HAUL PARKING LOT
BEAM
STILL LIFE
BLACK RING
IN MY WIFE’S VEGETABLE GARDEN
COMPRESSED SPONGE
SOS PAD
ROCKET MAN
MOTHER TONGUE
II.
GRIEF
IGLOO
SOMETHING YOU LEFT TO ME
ADELIA
THE EIGHTEENTH HOLE
JAKE’S LADDER
IN THE CAR ON THE WAY TO MY GIRLFRIEND’S BROTHER’S FUNERAL
FLOOD
THE SADDEST POEM IN PENNSYLVANIA
RIVERS
CUMULUS MEDIOCRIS
III.
TWELVE PZALMS TO OUR LORD BUBBA
IV.
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BODY IMAGE
SONNET FOR A CHANGED CLIMATE
SHOP-RITE
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HERE’S THE THING
THE REPUBLIC
LA FIN DE L’ÉTÉ
TRICERATOPS YOU
V.
LETHE
NORTHEAST KINGDOM
THONG MAN
SOMEONE JUST SEARCHED FOR YOU
CROSSING THE WATER
REPORT FROM THE SURFACE
DREAM KITCHEN
THE GRASS
SONNET TO MYSELF
WHAT’S IN THE STEAMER TRUNK?
YOU BET YOUR LIFE
VISITA INESPERADA
UROBOROS
VI.
ALL SAINTS’ EVE
MIDDLEMARCH
DE ANIMA
AN ARGUMENT FROM THE PHAEDO
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE
PORTRAIT OF LEUCIPPUS
EXPULSION FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN
A THURSDAY IN AND ABOVE THE WORLD
BOOK OF JOHN
A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF SPINOZA’S ETHICS
CAROUSEL
THE SAME BARE PLACE
NOTES
Acknowledgments