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Acknowledgments
–Table of Contents–
Introduction for "Alchemy"
Alchemy
For Dallas & Lee, my big brothers in blood
Introduction for "Voice C"
VOICE C
For Edward Lee
Introduction to "An Average Insanity, A Common Agony"
An Average Insanity, A Common Agony
Introduction to "Around It Still the Sumac Grows"
Around It Still the Sumac Grows
Introduction to "With Eyes Averted"
With Eyes Averted
Introduction to "Shadder"
Shadder
Introduction to "Making Faces"
Making Faces
Introduction to "Thief of Golgotha"
Thief of Golgotha
Introduction to "These Strange Lays"
These Strange Lays
Introduction to "Two in the Eyes"
Two in the Eyes
Introduction for "Tortures of that Inward"
Tortures of that Inward
For Gerard Houarner
Introduction for "Traveling"
Traveling
Introduction for "Jesus Wrestles the Mob to Feed the Homeless"
Jesus Wrestles the Mob to Feed the Homeless
Introduction for "Jonah Arose"
Jonah Arose
Introduction to the poetry section
From WAITING MY TURN TO GO UNDER THE KNIFE
A Long Island Tourist in New York
In Bed With It
Paradise
Sins of the Sons
On Learning More About the Sicilian
This Morning I was Mowed Down By a Runaway Train of Thought
Sycophancy (In My Pantsy)
Joe Friday, Myrtle, and the Diabolical Case of My Package
With the Sword of St. Michael Burning Over My Left Shoulder
Faces I Have Not Seen
Me and Somebody Just Like Me
Big G & Little J
My Friend Ernie, Trying to Light a Match
From THIS CAPE IS RED BECAUSE I'VE BEEN BLEEDING
My Sister
Adjusting the Atonement
The Toll of Your Personal Evil Troll
This Cape is Red Because I've Been Bleeding
Concern
Choke and Throttle
One For the Worm
It Knows So Much More Than Me
From A STUDENT OF HELL
POISED ON THE DIVISION BRIDGE
SUNDAY, WHILE THE SAUCE SIMMERS
A COUNTENANCE MORE IN ANGER THAN IN SORROW
SOFT AND SWEET COOL WHISPER OF REVENGE
SPONGING MY SYRUP UP OFF THE FORMICA
WHEN THE DELICATE FRAGRANCE GROWS TOO GREAT
A DULL BLADE SLICING OFF A PORTION OF PRAYER
TAKING THE BULL'S EAR BETWEEN MY TEETH
JEALOUSY
MY DEAD DAD CAN BEAT UP YOUR DEAD DAD
UPON RELEASING WHAT NEEDS TO STAY CAGED
MIST SETTLING ON THE FACES OF MY FAMILY
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