UC Irvine

These poems are the pleasure of generative error—the horror of grief’s numbing generality—camels crossing the desert—mollusks—dancing—directions out of state—putrefactions—a drunk hotel manager—scripture—telescopes—snow—the origin of shadow puppetry—alchemy—the trouble of old attire—beguiling alligators—the inescapability of fishing stories—temperature—road kill—just roads—the pattern called paisley—chaff—architecture—crickets—cables of longing—car accidents—my grief—my joy—my sentence.