Furious Lullaby

Contents

ix Contents Acknowledgments฀ xi฀  Holiness฀ 3 Hour฀of฀Dawn฀ 4 Aubade฀with฀Scorpions฀and฀Monsoon฀ 5 Constricting฀Aubade฀ 7 Flutter฀ 8 Aubade฀with฀Doves,฀a฀Television,฀and฀Fire฀ 9 The฀Devil’s฀Book฀ 11 Aubade฀with฀a฀Book฀and฀the฀Rattle฀from฀a฀String฀of฀Pearls฀ 14 God฀Essay฀ 16 The฀Devil’s฀Hour฀17 Aubade฀with฀Constellations,฀Some฀Horses,฀and฀Snow฀ 18 Penitence฀Essay฀ 20 Aubade฀with฀Bread฀for฀the฀Sparrows฀ 21 My฀Dearest฀Apostasy฀ 22 Hush฀ 23  My฀Dearest฀Conflict฀ 27 What฀the฀Devil฀Said฀ 28 What฀the฀Eye฀Said฀ 29 What฀the฀Scapula฀Said฀ 30 On฀the฀Pores฀of฀the฀Flesh฀ 31 On฀the฀Pulse฀Residing฀Behind฀the฀Lobe฀of฀the฀Ear฀ 32 On฀the฀Fenestra฀Ovalis฀ 33 Aporia฀ 34 What฀the฀Ear฀Said฀ 39 What฀the฀Dead฀Said฀ 40 What฀the฀Devil฀Said฀ 41 On฀the฀Epidermis฀ 42 x On฀the฀Motions฀of฀Death฀ 44 Epitaph฀for฀the฀Musculature฀of฀the฀Neck฀ 45 My฀Dearest฀Transgression฀ 46  Fury฀ 49 Aubade฀with฀Starlings฀and฀Kerosene฀Muted฀by฀Glass฀ 50 Messengers฀ 51 Mysteries฀Essay฀ 52 My฀Dearest฀Recklessness฀ 53 Aubade฀with฀Memory฀Crystallized฀into฀a฀Figure฀of฀a฀Dancer฀ 54 Widening฀Aubade฀ 56 Aubade฀with฀a฀Heel฀of฀Bread,฀a฀Heart,฀and฀the฀Devil฀ 60 Prayer฀Essay฀ 61 Aubade฀with฀the฀Moon,฀Some฀Bones,฀and฀a฀Word฀ 62 My฀Dearest฀Regret฀ 64 Aubade฀with฀a฀Thistle฀Bush฀Holding฀Six฀Songs฀ 65 Lullaby฀ 66฀ ...