CONTENTS

Recovering (1)

I

Dear Virgo: “I feel sorry for you, friend…”

Beginner’s Guide to a Head-On Collision

Grid

Dear Virgo: “It’s not the first time…”

Watching Her at the Threshold

Tips on Surviving a Head-On Collision

Dear Virgo: “Fourteen broken ribs…”

Jaws of Life

“Poetry is a kind of faith…”

Dear Virgo: “Your life is like a 4-star hotel…”

The Dead Man Returns Disguised as a Tour Guide

Grind

Dear Virgo: “I’m getting tired of telling you…”

Post-Op

Shooting Hoops

Recovering (2)

II

Dear Virgo: “It’s hard work getting in one’s own way…”

Breaking Your Leg in Four Places

Sideways

Dear Virgo: “Even trampoliners use how-to manuals…”

Ode to the First Crash-Test Dummies

Caution in the Windy City, Thrown

Dear Virgo: “Where were you a year ago?…”

L’Shana Tova!

Disgust

Dear Virgo: “Fight or flight, the therapist intones…”

Everything Happens to Me

Getting Dirty

Dear Virgo: “This morning you woke…”

King of the Rubber Guys

Rebirth at the Balloon Festival

Recovering (3)

III

Dear Virgo: “This is your day, brother…”

To You Who Lost Your Father

Three Years Out

Dear Virgo: “You forget, this world is broken…”

In Praise of the Ribcage

Back

Dear Virgo: “You were a tourist in the land…”

Winter River, Viewed from the Bridge

Changes

Dear Virgo: “The scars, the doorframe…”

Chthonic

Ramp

Dear Virgo: “Heart murmurs, thyroids…”

On the Way to Spruce Pine

Black Hills

Recovering (4)