Contents

Part 1

The Watch

The Tea Bowl

Old Nylon Bathrobes

The Score

Glass Grapes

The Sofa

Cones

The Tattoo

Her Subject/His Subject

The Gift

My Son and the Bicycle Wheel

Myopia

The Lightbulb

The Ring

Part 2

La Belle Dame

Marybeth and the Fish

Blue/Green

Their Calendar

The Flea Market

Hands

Like Visiting Joseph Cornell

Part 3

The Letter

The Photograph

Soft Conversation

Listening In

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Notes

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Colophon