Calamity Joe

Contents

Table of Contents ONCE TheCast(inorderofdisappearance) 13 Prelude 19 DifficultListeningTime 20 TheLegendOfJoe 21 TheIntervention 22 BeforeTheFlood 24 SPLAY 26 TheHorseYouRodeInOn 28 TheDrownedBrother 29 TheLegendOfJoe 31 JOE 32 The Calamities Theretheyare 33 AnAnimalHospital 34 Thesick,theinjured,theslow 35 Theretheyareagain 36 Giveyouback 37 Nobody’sdaddybutmyown 38 Lily 39 Welefttheroomanddidn’t 40 ThisisCalamity 41 Thewords 42 TWICE TheSearchParty 45 Litany 46 TheLegendOfJoe 48 AHorseNamedDeath 49 IntheShrineOfTheMynahBird 50 RaraAvis 51 JoeDreamsOfTheOldMan&TheSea 53 TheMissingGirl’sHorse 55 Supplement–TheOldManLetsUsHaveIt 57 Compline 61 TheLegendOfJoe 62 JOEAGAIN 63 The Formalities MymotherateQueenAnne 64 Mybrotheronceheldup 65 Myfatherusedtoswim 66 You 67 Gogentle, 68 Outtherethewordsareblack 69 Grief 70 Bringtheoldmandownstairs, 71 Idon’trememberwhy 72 Considerthespiders 73 TheJapanesebeetle 74 Understandthis, 75 THECHARM SHIPYOURHORSE 79 NewMath 81 TheLegendOfJoe 83 MyFavoriteStoryIsThisOne 84 TheBody 85 ABriefHistoryofTheTheater 87 Tragoedia 88 FlightOutofGuestBedroom 89 RETREATISE 91 TheLegendOfJoe 92 JOEONEMORETIME 94 The Calm Adeadmandoesn’twalkintoabar 96 Theshapeofmyname 97 Swear 98 Theboyinthenextroomismine 99 WhichbringsustoGod 100 Howmanydoors 101 I’vefoundananswerinthebones, 102 IdreamtIwasyourfinger, 103 Knowthis: 104 Poem 105 Theboyhascomeback, 106 Coveryoureyes, 107 DiesIrae(Day of Wrath) 108 Thispageintentionallyleftblank. ...