Contents
One
Pianos
The Mummy’s Curse
Contrivance
John Porter Produce
Dressing the Pheasant
The Alternates
Lake Effect
The Observatory
Picture Window
Night Falls
Last Respects
The Forlorn Compressor
River Where the Lovers Wait
Day Trip
Two
Binoculars
Some Color
He Was Once
Box Kites at Nags Head
Patina
White Dogwoods
Housekeeping
The Skate
Letters
The Glass Branch
Waste of Time (The Landfill)
The Age of Discovery
Here, Now
Amish
The Seabird Diorama: Natural History at Balboa Park
Three
Dick’s Island
The Fossil-Finder
Portage
Gossip
Short Wave: 1982
Dream of the Coal Holds
Mayflies
Unattended Consequences
After the Move
Ice Floes
The Lake
Lascaux
A Wash
