Of Gravity & Angels

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CONTENTS 1. TO HEAR THE FALLING WORLD AFTER WORK 2 IN A NET OF BLUE AND GOLD T, INVOCATION 4 TO HEAR THE FALLING WORLD 5 DIALOGUE 6 RAIN IN MAY 7 JUSTICE WITHOUT PASSION 8 TROMPE L'OEIL 9 THE SONG 10 SLEEPING I N T H E AFTERNOON I I ARS POETICA 12 WOMAN IN RED COAT 13 THIS RIPENESS 14 MUSIC 15 AT NIGHT 16 HEAT 17 2. FOR WHAT BINDS US DESIRE 20 TO DRINK 21 IN YOUR HANDS 22 SLEEPING 23 SEE HOW THE ROADS ARE STREWN 24 OF GRAVITY & ANGELS 25 I HAVE NO USE FOR V I R G I N S 26 TONIGHT THE INCALCULABLE STARS 27 A DIFFERENT R I S I N G 28 TOWARD THE SOLSTICE 29 S U R R O U N D E D BY ALL THE FALLIN G 30 DOPPELGANGER 31 THAT FALLI NG 32 THE MUSIC LIKE WATER 33 FOR WHAT BINDS US 34 3. THE OTHER EARTH NOVEMBER, REMEMBERING VOLTAIRE 36 OSIRIS 37 PROTEUS ENTERING WATER 38 ON THE CURRENT EVENTS 39 FOR THE WOMEN OF POLAND! DECEMBER 1981 40 EVENING, LATE FALL 41 OCTOBER 20, 1983 42 ON R E A D I N G BRECHT 43 THE ATTEMPT 44 THE H U N G R Y GHOSTS 45 ITHACA IN A R M S 46 IN THAT WORLD, THE ANGELS WEAR FINS 47 U K I Y O - E 48 RECALLING A SUNG DYNASTY LANDSCAPE 49 COOK 50 R E S T R I N G I N G THE BEADS 51 POMEGRANATES 52 A STORY 53 NEEDLES OF PINE, OF M O R N I N G 54 TAMARA STANDS IN STRAW 55 THE OTHER EARTH 56 4. THE PATTERN THAT CONNECTS IN SMOOTH WATER THE MOUNTAINS SUSPEND THEMSELVES 58 IT IS EASY TO BE FASCINATED WITH DEATH 59 AGAINST LOSS 60 THE SPEED WITH WHICH BLUE NEEDLES MOVE 6l THE PATTERN THAT CONNECTS 62 COMPLETING THE WEAVE 63 A CONTINUOUS E M B R O I D E R Y 64 TOWARD THE I N F I N I T E 65 WITH SINGING AND BANNERS 66 AUTUMN QUINCE 67 CHILDHOOD, HORSES, RAIN 68 LULLABYE 69 This page intentionally left blank ...