In the Permanent Collection

Contents

Acknowledgments ix I Reform, Missouri 3 Blind King 4 New Orleans 6 Low Definition 7 Everyone Was Dead and I Went On, Drunk 8 The General 9 Weed Guide 10 Careless Simile 1 1 Vaudeville 12 Strip Mall 13 Long Occupation 14 II Twelve Bar Blues 17 Recovery Coffee 18 Sibling Gothic 20 The Transparent Fabulist 2 1 There’s Something Quieter than Sleep 22 Family Plot 23 Permanent Collection 24 Tell Me about the Fates 26 You’re in the Picture 27 Mortuary Art 28 C O N T E N T S III To My Heart 3 1 The Zombie 33 Cavebunny 34 Tennessee Williams 35 Surrender 36 To a Friend, on Living Alone 37 Spring 38 A Story about Show Business 39 Star Chart 40 Assez Vu 4 1 Sleeping Song 42 IV Lucky 45 Dance of Death 46 Likeness 48 Compact Mirror 49 Sight Gags 5 1 Reasons for Living Happily 53 Medallion 54 The Gallow Ball (1950) 55 Spiritual Exercises 56 Notes 57 ...