GENTLE MAN, THE

Contents

7 Table of Contents The Gentle Man 11 Johnny 12 Broken Hearts 14 Bashevis 16 The Love Prayer 17 Baby Harold 18 Recipe 20 The Day the House Moved Away 21 Parker’s Law 22 In Albany Love 23 TAPS 24 The Poet Speaks of Desire 26 Jersey Air 27 The Girl You Love to Hate 28 Photograph (circa 1960) 30 So Much Like Marie 31 What I Could Have Been 32 Forgiveness 33 The Chief 34 Five Blind Boys 36 Dream House 38 Winter’s Night 39 Chemistry Experiment 40 Revelations 41 The Good Life 42 8 So What 45 Undone 46 Your Father’s Ghost 47 This Case for You 48 U.S.A. 50 The Plaintive Angel 51 Timber 52 Nursery of Lies 54 Hair Care 55 Only a Game 56 Memorandum 58 Bats 59 Poetry (In Motion) 60 Doctors of Letters 62 The Locomotive to Hell 63 Dangerous Curve 64 Obituary 65 Love Story 66 The Cost of Being Me 68 70 70 Losing Olivia 72 Reaching for Heaven 73 Dwiggins 74 Last Request 76 9 T h e G e n t l e M a n 10 This page intentionally left blank. ...