CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE

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DEDICATION

EPIGRAPH

THE MIND AFTER EVERYTHING HAS HAPPENED

KINGDOM COME

THE ODYSSEY, BOOK 11, LINES 538–556

LITTLE SONG

BOYS

THE STARRY NIGHT

THE EMPYREAN

THE BARYCENTER

MEASURE FOR MEASURE

NOTHING OF A BLUE REMAINS

MIRROR FOR THE MIRROR

MONDAY MORNING IN SNOWMASS, COLORADO

PARADISO, V: 91–93

SIN VERGÜENZA

LUCAS AND MARK

THE BEATITUDES OF MALIBU

LIKE SOMEONE WHO SEES HIMSELF CLOSE TO DEATH

NATURE

APOLLO AND MARSYAS

THE GOD AND THE GOAT

MUSICA UNIVERSALIS

GRAND POÈME PATHÉTIQUE

PARIS PRELUDE

TO AN OLD FRIEND IN PARIS

NEVER AGAIN WOULD BIRDS’ SONG BE THE SAME

LIKE A BULLET SHOT BACKWARDS THROUGH TIME

THE PRIMUM MOBILE

PAX AMERICANA

ON THE END OF THE ILIAD

NEWS FROM THE MUSE OF NOT GUILTY

THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING OF OHIO

MIRROR FOR THE MIRROR

THE MENACE

THE DESCENT OF JUPITER OVER THE MAROON BELLS

EXIT TROUBADOUR

BERNARDO

AN EXCUSE FOR MAYHEM

VALL DE NÚRIA

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ALSO BY ROWAN RICARDO PHILLIPS

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