Allegheny, Monongahela

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9 Contents I. 15 / Dog Poem II.The Sisters 19 / Apple Family 20 / EurekaVacuum 21 / Photo Album 22 / Invisible Childhood 23 / CicadaYear 24 / Pink andYellow Hollyhocks 25 / Camera Obscura III. 29 / White Camellia 30 /The Funeral 31 / Death in the Family 32 /Work 33 /The Inheritance 35 / Egyptology 36 / Heirloom Recipe IV. Leeward 39 /The Red Single 40 / First Boyfriend 41 / TwoYellow Leaves 42 / Night-Blooming Cereus 45 / Blue B and theTrain atTen O’clock 46 / Red Hills withWhite Cloud 47 / Pittsburgh as Self-Portrait I 10 V. 51 / Pittsburgh as Self-Portrait II 52 / Coming into Opera 55 /The Big One 56 /TheWhiteout 57 /Wet Drape 58 / Allegheny Love Letter 59 / X-ray VI. One,Vanishing 63 / Haute Couture 64 / Novena 66 /The Last Natural Blonde in theWorld 67 /The Good Girl 68 / BeforeYouWake 69 / Snowmelt 70 / Clam Shell VII. 73 / Night fromAbove 74 / Dénouement 75 /The Experiment 76 / Sky with FlatWhite Cloud 77 / Horizontal Horse’s or Mule’s Skull with Feather 78 /Watershed 80 / In O’Keeffe’s From the Lake No.3 83 / Notes 11 Allegheny, Monongahela 12 This page intentionally left blank. ...