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      LOVE’S LAST NUMBER

      ALSO BY CHRISTOPHER HOWELL

       The Crime of Luck

       Why Shouldn’t I

       Though Silence: The Ling Wei Texts

       Sea Change

       Sweet Afton

       Memory and Heaven

       Just Waking

       Light’s Ladder

       Dreamless and Possible: Poems New and Selected

       Gaze

      LIMITED EDITIONS

       The Bear in the Mirror

       The Jetty

       Red Alders in an Island Dream

       The Wu General Writes from Far Away

      Lady of the Fallen Air (from the Chinese)

       King of the Butterflies

      ANTHOLOGY

      Aspects of Robinson: Homage to Weldon Kees (with Christopher Buckley)

      © 2017, Text by Christopher Howell

      All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher: Milkweed Editions, 1011 Washington Avenue South, Suite 300, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415. (800) 520-6455

       www.milkweed.org

      Published 2017 by Milkweed Editions

      Printed in the United States of America

      Cover design by Ryan Scheife / Mayfly Design

      Cover illustration by Adam Hall

      Author photo by Joni Sternbach

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       First Edition

      Milkweed Editions, an independent nonprofit publisher, gratefully acknowledges sustaining support from the Jerome Foundation; the Lindquist & Vennum Foundation; the McKnight Foundation; the National Endowment for the Arts; the Target Foundation; and other generous contributions from foundations, corporations, and individuals. Also, this activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund, and a grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation. For a full listing of Milkweed Editions supporters, please visit www.milkweed.org.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Howell, Christopher, author.

      Title: Love’s last number : poems / Christopher Howell.

      Description: Minneapolis : Milkweed Editions, 2017.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2016029439 | ISBN 9781571314758 (softcover : acid-free paper) | ISBN 9781571319333 (ebook)

      Classification: LCC PS3558.O897 A6 2017 | DDC 811/.54—dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016029439

      Milkweed Editions is committed to ecological stewardship. We strive to align our book production practices with this principle, and to reduce the impact of our operations in the environment. We are a member of the Green Press Initiative, a nonprofit coalition of publishers, manufacturers, and authors working to protect the world’s endangered forests and conserve natural resources.

       For Jim Johnsrud, David Luckert,

       Richard Morgan & Carlos Reyes

      CONTENTS

        Cover

        Title Page

        Copyright

        Dedication

       1. THE AGNOSTIC PIROUETTES

      1  A Short Song

      2  Desperately Composed

      3  Crossing Jordan

      4  But before That

      5  Connectivity

      6  Diminishing Returns

      7  The Body in Motion

      8  Kansas

      9  This Mortal Coil On the Nature of Things The After Hours Afterlife

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