CONTENTS

I

He said I wrote about death,

If you see a crib

Appliances

Unruly Aura

The Rockettes

Thirst

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

What it Means When You Dream You Bought a Red Cadillac

Family Wearing Pajamas Runs Across the Tennis Court in Plummer Park

She’s never trusted happiness

Ink

I Can Always Tell When Someone Makes a Good Snack

Townies

LAX to FLL

Daughter Suspects Dead Mother of Stealing Her Shoes

Puzzle

They gave him a manual

The Right Tool for the Job

In the Moment

Everybody Loves Dinner

The Echo of Love

The Misunderstood Color

The Bunny Mother

Could You Love Me Madly?

II

Naming the Puppy

If You Give a Mouse a Mantra

Dogs and Poetry

The Secret Afterlife of Bees

Lives

Gwen is Scared of the Wooden Fish

Progress

It’s So Hot, I’m Getting Stupid

Mourning

A Kinder Death

Confessions of a Butterfly

Cooper’s Hawks

Bee Sting

Gwen is Scared of the Lemon

Risk

Love Hurts

Anybody’s Animal

I Am My Own Transgender Fetus

III

Alternative Facts

Shoplifting

The Delivery Man

Happy Hour

Divers Search Lake for Killers’ Secrets

Marg

Eavesdropping on Her Neighbors

Accomplishment

Dubonnet

Making Coffee

Berry & Barris

Maker’s Mark

Routine Physical

Conversation with a Stranger

Slib

Dead Tired

Letter to My Son

Lunchtime Stroll

Late September

“We are like no one else in the world,”

Completion

Searching for Your Photo

Sunbathing on Tyrone Power’s Grave