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Preface by Laura Vrana xiii
Introduction by Aldon Lynn Nielsen xxi
[The way Egyptians used to sit …] 3
How Can I Prove I Am Not Modigliani 16
I Just Want to Reach Out and Bite You Baby 43
Envoy 70
Wonders 75
Enlightenment 77
Survivors 79
Heavenly Bodies 80
Faith 82
The Heroin of My Youth 83
Grandpa’s Spells 84
Historiography 86
Liner Notes 89
Brother Me 90
Sea of Chance (A Sailor Song) 94
Sugar Hill 100
Fly Society 101
To Speak of Woe That Is in Marrakesh 102
Better Physics 103
While Madness Reigns 106
Serpent Guerillas 108
Work Song 111
Framing the Sunrise 115
Fatiha 121
A Song for the Banana Tree Sleeping in My Yard 125
Cosmic Communion 126
Blues Cadet 128
Paul Laurence Dunbar Views the Sword of Toussaint L’Ouverture, Chicago Exposition 1893 129
Euphemysticism 130
Suicide Administration 137
Ancient Habits or Customs 138
Mouthology 139
Hurricane Doris 141
Evry Mae 144
Sprucing Spring up on Larkin Street 146
Another Poem in English 147
Rhumba Negro 151
False Alarm 152
R & B 153
The Architecture of Devotion 154
Saint 155
Witches 158
High Heel Jesus 160
Collective Poems 161
Spiritual 163
House of Red Lights 166
Sounds of Joy 169
They’ll Be Back 173
Le Zodico Ne Pas Seul 174
Jubilee 175
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A Native Guide 181
Pyramids 182
The New Borning 183
More Than Nothing 184
The Persuader 185
A Judge 186
Duds 187
My Calling 188
The Offering 189
Speak Low 190
Low Speech 191
Electricity on Earth 192
Arc in the Dark 193
Magnetism 194
The Universe 195
There’s a Lot of Wisdom Here 196
One More Chance 197
What I Would Prefer 198
We Are Beautiful African People 199
Protection 200
Look What You Done for Me 201
Possession 202
Obedience 203
Oil of Gladness 204
My Office 207
I. THE FINE CLOTHES OF YEAR BEFORE LAST 209
Inauguration 210
The Fine Clothes of Year before Last 211
Farting as Decency 213
Security 214
Personal Anthropology 216
Broadway–Lafayette Espadrille 217
Euchre Bridge 221
Wheeling 222
Too Loud for Names 224
The Rule of Thumb 225
II. THEY NEVER LOSE 231
The Leopard 232
They Never Lose 233
Too Much One Thing, Not Enough Somewhat Else 239
Choosing Metals 242
Guilt 243
Canzone 244
Sketches of Susan 245
Electricity of Blossoms 248
Hiccups 250
Instructions for Your New Osiris 254
Shake Hands with Your Bets, Friend 256
III. THE MARVELOUS LAND OF INDEFINITIONS 260
The Marvelous Land of Indefinitions 261
When Dukardo Boarded the Astro-Jet, He Already Done Seen the Movie 264
Home X XI 266
MMDCCXIII ½ 267
An Excerpt from Big House Movies 268
Screen Test 272
Class Action 282
Hat Red 291
Clear Channel 295
IV. LIQUID CITY 296
Salt 297
Discovering America Again 298
Happy New Year 300
Summer Stock 301
Art for Nothing 302
Things Could Be Worse 303
The Gods’ Own Privilege 307
Souvenir of the Manassah Ball 310
Liquid City 312
[Mister Anderson] 321
I. ANY PLACE YOU’VE EVER BEEN 322
The Kite and the Hawk 323
South St. Blues 324
Please, Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood 325
When If the Big Bands Come Back 326
Guerilla Girls 327
Displacement 329
Sentiment 332
Suburban Saturdays 335
Morning Raga 337
The Audie Murphy Game 339
II. RITUALS AND IMPROVISATIONS 340
Destruction of the Seated Man 341
Last Call 343
Excitation 346
Skunk Insulation 351
Grudge Match 353
Lifelong Learning 354
Otis 356
Spirits You All 359
Journey of 1,000 Li 364
Tirade 365
III. THE SIMPLEST OF ALL MYSTERIES 366
Poem in Lieu of the Marriage of Andrew Zolem 367
The Sadness of Space Exploration 369
Quiet Riot 370
Dumb Luck 371
The New South 372
Lights Out 373
No, Don’t Get Up 374
The Failure of Alchemy 375
Working-Class Hero 376
The Gambler 377
Knight to Queen’s Pawn 378
An Old Hand 379
Pornography = Exploitation of Men 380
Now You Can Worry 382
L’Argent 384
IV. RESISTANCE AS MEMORY 385
Thinking in Words 386
Like a Tree 388
Sightseeing in East Texas 390
Psalm 392
Back in the Day 396
Whale Song 398
Songs without Shadows 399
The Marks Are Waiting 402
Dirge for Amadou Diallo 405
An Afternoon with Dr. Blumenbach 408
V. DANGEROUS DOUBTS 410
Dangerous Doubts 411
Lustre 412
Cameo in Sudden Light 413
Country Song 416
Multicultural 417
Low Rider 418
An Even-Tempered Girl Holds Her Breath 419
She Lived to Be 100 420
A Kind of Accounting 421
Cute Girl with a Toy Monkey 422
Flash Point 424
God Sends Love Disguised as Ordinary People 425
Magnetic Charms 427
Equinox 429
Back-Ordered Tears 434
The Black Canaries Weep over Gomorrha 437
South Afrika 439
A Tale of Two Cities 440
Grass 441
West 444
Political Science 445
Enuresis 446
Gilbert and Sullivan 448
Another Abstract Etc 449
The Conscience of Cole Porter 450
The Pornography 451
Linear Variation 452
Nichomachean Ethics 453
Chorus from an Unwritten Greek Play 454
The Color Section 455
The Judgment of Paris 457
The Fall of Paris 458
Robert Williams, Exiled in Cuba 459
Sonnet 460
Life on the Farm 461
Project Blues 462
Secrets of the Samba 467
Modern Plumbing Illustrated 469
The Subway Witnesses 470
Two One-Act Plays 471
Selena 472
From the Working Days 473
The Midnight Sun 475
Good Housekeeping 476
Five Empty Reams 477
Millenarian Joys 478
Walking Vicksburg Blues 479
A Mingus Memory 480
Hollandaise Salsa 481
Diplomacy 483
Go to Bed Anyway 484
Nowhere Near Albuquerque 485
An Education 486
Downtown Boom 487
Ailerons & Elevators 488
An Arc Still Open 492
Statement for Jambalaya: Four Poets (Reed, Cannon and Johnson, 1975) 495
Statement for the anthology None of the Above (Crossing Press, 1976) 496
Introduction to Chances Are Few (second edition: Blue Wind Press, 2003) 498
