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Toby (for you)
Contents
2 This Is Our American America Here is Your Son
4 Questions Are an Attribute of God
7 What We’re Trying to Do Is Create a Community of Dreamers
8 We Look Forward to Seeing You Again Soon
11 The Messengers Come When You Are Sitting at the Table
13 Air Rights
15 Turned Back the Disaster Comes Back
16 Cold Comfort
5 A Hundred Thousand Questions Why
7 Waiting for You to Speak I Mouth the Words
10 We Mourn the End by Applauding
12 Private Dick
1 The Resemblance of the Enzymes of Grasses to Those of Whales Is a Family Resemblance
6 Now Lead Me Out of This Story, Spirit
7 A
