CONTENTS
Editor’s Note | ix
“man / who write” | 1
Show and Tell | 2
“air like art” | 5
Poem (“at this point in history”) | 6
A Good Night’s | 7
“do / they / worry” | 9
Waiting Spoon | 10
Air | 11
I Love You | 12
Somebody Wants You | 14
The Coast | 16
Poem (“theirs”) | 18
You | 19
In the Meantime | 20
It’s Asking | 21
Sunnyside Up | 22
There’s a Meaning | 30
Dance | 33
Down the Drain | 34
Salad Days | 36
Curtain | 37
After | 38
Going My Way | 39
How Many Years Is It Now | 40
Kiss | 41
“I open / my eyes” | 42
Scalp Excitement | 43
How Is It | 44
The Sandwich Islands | 45
“air / joins / us” | 57
Mufti Explodes | 58
Delicate Petals | 59
Everything Seems | 60
Over the Edge | 61
How Watchful of Passersby | 62
Eyelids Turn | 63
Almost Amazement | 64
A Technical Report | 65
Open the Window to the Soul | 68
Aeolian Harp | 70
Form-Fitting Hips | 72
“clouds hang in the distance up” | 73
The Event | 74
Art | 75
“birdsong / kick / this” | 76
Seated on a Hill | 77
As If Nothing Happens | 78
Oh, My Goodness | 79
When Looking Over the Room | 80
The Day Following | 82
Out of Thin Air | 85
When You Start | 86
Poem (“clouds / over / the mountains”) | 87
“industrial / amazement” | 88
The Outlying District | 89
From There | 99
Heartstrings | 100
Talk’s Disappearing | 102
Attention | 103
To Hold | 104
Spare Hours | 108
Bagged Whims Excite | 112
Lock Up the Chairs | 113
