Glaciology

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix I to see things Shattered Bio 3 Queue 4 I’ve Been Working on the Railroad 5 Ode to a Photographer 6 Frame 7 The Wedding at Ram Island 8 The Children’s Table 9 Exit Row 10 Kafka, Women 11 Coffee 12 de Kooning 13 Terrors of the Night 14 The Mission 15 Self-Made 16 You Need a Subject for the Sun to Rise 17 Signs & Portents 18 Theodicy 20 Jonquillity 22 Reunion 23 The End of Striving 24 The Barber 25 viii II this is our island Glaciology 29 III my moods do not believe each other The Deal 49 The Fly 50 Icon 51 When We’re Done Writing about the Self 52 Give Me Poland 53 Corrections 54 Vintage Clock 55 Event Horizon 56 Stutter 64 Votive 65 Prayer for My Daughters 66 All Things Move toward Disorder except the Newly Created 67 Throw It All Away 68 ...