I. THE FINE CLOTHES OF YEAR BEFORE LAST 209
Inauguration 210
The Fine Clothes of Year before Last 211
Farting as Decency 213
Security 214
Personal Anthropology 216
Broadway–Lafayette Espadrille 217
Euchre Bridge 221
Wheeling 222
Too Loud for Names 224
The Rule of Thumb 225
II. THEY NEVER LOSE 231
The Leopard 232
They Never Lose 233
Too Much One Thing, Not Enough Somewhat Else 239
Choosing Metals 242
Guilt 243
Canzone 244
Sketches of Susan 245
Electricity of Blossoms 248
Hiccups 250
Instructions for Your New Osiris 254
Shake Hands with Your Bets, Friend 256
III. THE MARVELOUS LAND OF INDEFINITIONS 260
The Marvelous Land of Indefinitions 261
When Dukardo Boarded the Astro-Jet, He Already Done Seen the Movie 264
Home X XI 266
MMDCCXIII ½ 267
An Excerpt from Big House Movies 268
Screen Test 272
Class Action 282
Hat Red 291
Clear Channel 295
IV. LIQUID CITY 296
Salt 297
Discovering America Again 298
Happy New Year 300
Summer Stock 301
Art for Nothing 302
Things Could Be Worse 303
The Gods’ Own Privilege 307
Souvenir of the Manassah Ball 310
Liquid City 312
[Mister Anderson] 321
I. ANY PLACE YOU’VE EVER BEEN 322
The Kite and the Hawk 323
South St. Blues 324
Please, Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood 325
When If the Big Bands Come Back 326
Guerilla Girls 327
Displacement 329
Sentiment 332
Suburban Saturdays 335
Morning Raga 337
The Audie Murphy Game 339
II. RITUALS AND IMPROVISATIONS 340
Destruction of the Seated Man 341
Last Call 343
Excitation 346
Skunk Insulation 351
Grudge Match 353
Lifelong Learning 354
Otis 356
Spirits You All 359
Journey of 1,000 Li 364
Tirade 365
III. THE SIMPLEST OF ALL MYSTERIES 366
Poem in Lieu of the Marriage of Andrew Zolem 367
The Sadness of Space Exploration 369
Quiet Riot 370
Dumb Luck 371
The New South 372
Lights Out 373
No, Don’t Get Up 374
The Failure of Alchemy 375
Working-Class Hero 376
The Gambler 377
Knight to Queen’s Pawn 378
An Old Hand 379
Pornography = Exploitation of Men 380
Now You Can Worry 382
L’Argent 384
IV. RESISTANCE AS MEMORY 385
Thinking in Words 386
Like a Tree 388
