CONTENTS

INFINITE RICHES IN THE SMALLEST ROOM

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

YOU HAVE HARNESSED YOURSELF RIDICULOUSLY TO THIS WORLD

CURRYING THE FALLOW-COLORED HORSE

MEDITATION ON THE SOURCES OF THE CATASTROPHIC IMAGINATION

DOVE, INTERRUPTED

OF TOOKIE WILLIAMS

FOR A CLOUDED LEOPARD IN ANOTHER LIFE

CONTRIBUTOR’S NOTE

FATHER, IN DRAWER

EXTREME WISTERIA

POSTHUMOUS SEDUCTION

NOTES FROM THE TREPIDARIUM

EIGHT TAKES OF TRAKL AS HIMSELF

SLEEKER, CURRIER

A GIRL’S WILL

THE STORY OF FRAULEIN X

GREAT RECKONING IN A LITTLE ROOM

UNCOLLECTED POEM

OF RICKEY RAY RECTOR

SALT LICK IN SNOW

OBSERVATIONS FROM THE GLASGOW COMA SCALE

RUBY GARNETT’S ORNAMENT, CIRCA 1892

THREE MEMORIES OF HEAVEN

LITTLE INDUSTRY OF GHOSTS

SCARINISH, MINGINISH, GRIMINISH

GAUDY INFINITESIMAL

HELLO BABIES, WELCOME TO EARTH

ON HAVING CONTRACTED THE HABIT OF BELIEVING IN THE INTERIOR WORLD

ATTITUDE OF LION

CONSIDERING THE POSSIBLE MUSIC OF YOUR HAIR

THE ILLUMINATED KUNITZ

WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE

MEDIEVAL WARM TIME

CAVE PAINTING OF A DUN HORSE

NON-FICTION POEM

FOR A SNOW LEOPARD IN OCTOBER

A CAGE GOES IN SEARCH OF A BIRD

Acknowledgements

A Note About the Author

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