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11 Table of Contents FAILED ESCAPES On the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of John Lennon’s Murder 21 Corned Beef Hash and Two Eggs Over Easy, Coffee 22 William James Still, Drowned in the Delaware River 23 Fight or Flight 24 She Remembers How They Fled from the Liquor Store Robbery in New Mexico 25 The Fugitive Spends Christmas in a Las Cruces Motel Room 26 EXAMINATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS Poem Begun on the Autumn Equinox 29 Magnificent Frigatebird 30 Photographs above the Desk (Amphisbaenics) 31 Genealogies 32 Mirage 33 12 History 34 A Suburbanite Briefs a Historian 35 The Pessimist Prepares for What May Well Be His Last Winter 36 The Retired Literary Critic Pauses in His Sunday Reading 37 White Noise 38 Dear Plato 39 Tourist Economy 40 LEGENDARY MISBEHAVIOR Church Street 43 A Few Drinks and We’re All Poets 44 Cautionary Tale; or,What Goes Up Must Come Down 45 Up Late on a Work Night:A Lament 46 Coil 47 Improprieties 48 Blotter 49 Domestic Situation 50 A Sad Last Number for the Gentlemen at the Tavern 51 [3.236.19.251] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 19:33 GMT) 13 SATIRES AND OBSERVATIONS Fortunate Ones 55 The Singles Scene 56 Prophetic Outlook 57 His Secret Foe: Gravity 58 AAAVacation Guide 59 “Thou Shalt Commit Adultery” 60 Reality TV 61 Andromeda Chained to the Rock 62 Gold Rush (On Disposing of an Old Sofa) 63 Epitaphs 64 She Discovers an Unsent E-Mail to an Ex-Boyfriend 65 Guide to the Modern Man (Beach Issue!) 66 The Otherwise Sedentary Novelist Finds His Fantasy Turns Out All Wrong 67 The King Issues His Annual Report 68 14 SMALL CONSOLATIONS Song 71 Symmetries 72 Letter to a Godson 73 Love Poem 74 LITERATURE AND RELATED EMBARRASSMENTS Meet and Greet 77 Literary Artifacts 78 Leander Without Heroes 79 Rules of Order 80 In the Arena 81 DecisiveVictories 82 The War Correspondent Returns to His Neighborhood 83 Thoughts upon Reading George Gissing’s New Grub Street 84 [3.236.19.251] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 19:33 GMT) 15 ELEGIES AND LAMENTS At the Grave of Thomas Eakins, Late Winter 87 Biglin Brothers Racing 88 The Ancient Sailor Leaves His Heartless Patrician Lover to Her Lyre 89 Nightmare 90 Lines on the Winter Solstice 91 In Bed for a Week 92 Calavera for a Friend 93 16 This page intentionally left blank. [3.236.19.251] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 19:33 GMT) 17 Facilis descensus Averni 18 This page intentionally left blank. ...