Table of Contents
Preface xi
I RAG
A Night in Jaipur 3
Stick City Bhajan 6
Song of the Andoumboulou: 88 9
"An endless tunnel it seemed. So long…" 12
"Farewell said something, metafare some…" 15
Song of the Andoumboulou: 89 16
"As with the old-time people, the…" 18
"Like limbo but not as low, ludic…" 21
"Down on all fours, footless. Thus…" 22
Moment's Gnosis 23
"I was moment's novice. Bubbles…" 25
"No time soon would they've let…" 28
"Went on about of-the-moment…" 29
Song of the Andoumboulou: 91 30
"What he wouldn't have given, he was…" 34
Stick City Zazen 36
Song of the Andoumboulou: 93 39
"Insofar as there was a they the horns…" 41
"What did we know and when did…" 45
Anabatic Jukebox 46
"Sprung polity's pneumatic jukebox…" 48
"Stood happy-sad at the sonic window…" 52
Beginning "We the Migrating They" 53
Door Peep Shall Not Enter 61
"When it was we I saw I saw…" 63
Song of the Andoumboulou: 97 64
"The marine layer lay behind…" 66
"It was something Ed might've…" 67
"We pounded the heels of…" 68
Hofriyati Head Opening 70
"There were notes hung from…" 73
"A cracked head's hymnal sung…" 76
II RAG
Song of the Andoumboulou: 99 79
"Elegiac repose time cut…" 82
"'Please, please, Mr. Pinch,'…" 86
Song of the Andoumboulou: 991/2 87
Anacoluthic Light 89
"I fell into dreamless Adantean…" 93
"Touched but unable to seize…" 94
Song of the Andoumboulou: 101 95
"Dirt slid from cliffs as we…" 97
"Chthonic adornment lay…" 100
Oldtime Ending 101
"Stories told wanting to…" 103
The Overghost Ourkestra Plays for Lovers 106
"They were Mrs. Vex and Mr…" 108
"Had found themselves…" 110
Song of the Andoumboulou: 104 111
"What with Brother and Mrs…" 113
"The parking lot might have been…" 116
"We knew no other way to say…" 119
Song of the Andoumboulou: 104½ 120
Sound and Supplement 121
"Sopranino grimace, grin. A…" 124
"'No civic remit, no pantied…'" 127
Song of the Andoumboulou: 106 128
"Say-it-again said it again…" 130
Anabatic Ring Shout 131
Song of the Andoumboulou: 108 133
"A subdued cry caught in…" 136
"But my second body said…" 139
"I was love's own distant…" 140
Low Forest Rotation 141
"We were each caught with a…" 143
"Pine-branch batons fell into…" 146
"In soul's memory doffed hats…" 147
Song of the Andoumboulou: no 148
"Ohio fell away, we traveled…" 151
"Sophie moment more move than…" 153