Table of Contents
Bowl of Diamonds
In the in-Between 3
My Lover Found Me Weeping on the Couch 5
The Origin of the Heart as an Indicator of Love 7
Without 9
Small Poem 10
I Have Mistaken Myself 11
Seven Layers of Hell 13
Uninhabitable 14
A Beehive Pitched in the River
The Living Room Needs a New Coat of Paint 19
The Origin of the Funeral Hat 20
For My Niece Livia, Age 8 22
A Thousand Pieces 26
Progress Report 28
In The Train Station in Munich 30
Thanksgiving, 2011 32
God Bless Your Fingers 33
Your Love Finds its Way Back 34
Missouri 35
Remember 36
Pay the Boatman
Happy New Year 41
A Stranger Died in an Avalanche 43
The Origin of Breast Milk 45
Beautiful 47
Teeth 48
Exodus 33:20 50
Ode to My Bottom Lip 51
I Was Asked To Speak at Your Wedding 52
Gardener's Daughter 53
Telephone 57
Floating 58
After Googling Affirmations For Abuse Survivors 60
Some Invisible Machine
It Rained For Two Days Straight 65
Won't You Let Me? 66
Thirteen Stanzas for Sarah Winchester Whom I Think I Understand 67
This, Too, Is Not For You 70
Made For Blood 72
One More Theory About Money 73
Existential Crisis Brought Forth By Complaining About My Boyfriend Over a Basket of Cheese Curds 74
The Origin of the Bathrobe 76
At the End of the Day, I Am an Animal 78
Facts Written From an Airplane 80
Mantra to Overcome Depression 82
Sing to Me Then
Prayer: Hope, Screaming 87
The Two Poet-Daughters 88
These Hours I Have Not Lost But Do Not Remember 90
Today Means Amen 91
Release It 94
Tonight In Yoga 96
The Lucky Grow Old 98
The Day Of The Last Fire 100
Chai & Whiskey 102
About The Author 103
Acknowledgments 103