Treason -- Human in shape -- Desperate talk -- The memory palace -- Plan B -- The lost tribe -- The new horses -- The native Americans -- Two visions -- Nothing is what it seems -- "Honey, can you hear me?" -- A boy and his cow -- Duct-tape celebration -- The wrong door -- The rules -- Abducted -- The government man -- The restorative -- The ghost soldiers -- Cricket cricket -- Father'sDay -- Waylon's woman -- My cattle ranch -- Heather's men -- Uneasy about the sounds of some night-wandering animal -- Collect call from Nepal -- The midnight ride -- What I learned from the elves -- The horsemen -- Housefly -- Raking day -- Jan's scary novel -- Letzeburgesch -- Bona fides -- Help -- Spiderwebs -- The scarab -- Special operations -- The deep zone -- Behind the green door -- Dexter's long surveillance -- Blue Sunday -- The secret war -- The new mule -- Strictly forbidden -- The loser -- Laurel Hill -- Map of the lost world -- Reading the newspaper in the park -- The illegal picnic -- The Mask -- How I met Mary -- The gang of five -- Swordsfish for hire -- The bug's report -- Long live the queen -- The enemy -- Cleaning out the desk -- My brush with greatness -- National security -- How to be a member -- The underground -- To advance no farther into the rubble of the building -- The ice cream man -- The cowboy -- The land of the vapors -- The old soldiers -- The goldfinches -- The thinking cap -- Panda fever -- Mr. Nobody has left the planet -- Anton Fripps -- The assassin -- The blessing -- The quota -- Cherubic -- The underbelly -- The deep blue sea -- The package for Peter Haggerty -- The chosen one -- The nether world -- Billy -- The investigation -- Dustdevil -- Paradise -- The meeting with Oscar L'etolie -- Strategic intelligence for American world policy -- Liverpill -- Gipsy -- Terminix -- The Rosary -- The march -- The drive to heal -- The war next door.
Summary
A fifteenth collection of poems by American poet James Tate, featuring nearly one hundred selections that showcase his sense of the absurd.
