Table of Contents

I

Today's Menu 3

Breeder of Black Cats 4

The Lunatic 5

O Spring 6

About Myself 7

Eternities 8

Late-Night Inquiry 9

Looking for a Soul Mate 10

The Dictionary 11

The White Labyrinth 12

Stories 13

In Its Own Sweet Time 14

Meet Eddie 15

Our Gang 16

What the Old Lady Told Me 17

New Haircut 18

Some Late-Summer Evening 19

II

Let Us Be Careful 23

As You Come Over the Hill 24

Once December Comes 25

Bare Trees 26

The Light 27

Night Music 28

Don't Name the Chickens 29

Pastoral 30

As I Was Saying 31

Sinbad the Sailor 32

The Execution 33

Three Cows 34

The Missing Hours 35

The New Widow 36

The Wine 37

In My Grandmother's Time 38

Black Butterfly 39

III

The Stray 43

On the Brooklyn Bridge 45

The Escapee 46

Oh, Memory 47

The Medium 48

Past the Funeral Home 49

So Early in the Morning 50

The Bamboo Garden 51

Wei Matches 52

At the Jeweler's 53

Dead Telephone 54

Our Playhouse 55

Vices of the Evening 56

The Feast 57

The Executioner's Daughter 58

The Flea 59

Autumn Evening 60

In This Prison of Ours 61

IV

This Town Is Alright 65

Driving Around 66

Summer Evening 67

That Was Some Night 68

Eternities 69

The Light 70

Memory Train 71

The Horse 72

With One Glance 73

Migrating Birds 75

Scribbled in the Dark 76

Passing Through 78

Dark Night 79

Peep Show 80

Oh, I Said 81

Birds in Winter 82

A Quiet Afternoon 83

Thus 84