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Book SynopsisDescribing this collection of his poems, John Allman writes, "It is a book about the inner and outer worlds, a collection of multiple voices and relationships. In one sense it is about suffering, family, and survival. However, it is also about a world beyond such things, where identity burns by itself, where the self-changes but never dies. The boo
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*ON THE ROOF, pg. 3*THE MEASURE OF A DACHSHUND'S JAW, pg. 4*HER REPERTORY, pg. 6*CREEDMOOR: THE LOCKED WARD, pg. 7*THE COLOR OF NEVILLE BRAND'S FRONT TEETH, pg. 10*WIVES OF GENIUSES, pg. 11*THE VISITORS, pg. 12*PUMAS, pg. 15*WIDOW, pg. 16*GIMPEL THE FOOL, pg. 17*FREUD'S LAST DREAM, pg. 21*THE ARTIFICE, pg. 23*LOSING, pg. 24*LATE MORNING, pg. 25*THE KNUCKLER, pg. 26*SIBLINGS, pg. 28*MIDDLE AGE, pg. 29*CAVE PAINTINGS, pg. 30*SURGERY, pg. 31*RELEASE, pg. 35*THE SOUL PLAYS YOU BET YOUR LIFE, pg. 43*THE SOUL GROWN LAZY, pg. 45*THE SOUL WALKS OUT, pg. 46*KINSHIP, pg. 47*THE MILD, pg. 49*A FORMER LIFE, pg. 52*A DEATH, pg. 53*FILLING THE STRAIGHT, pg. 55*DEPARTURE, pg. 56*INTO, pg. 57*AWAY & TOWARDS, pg. 58*V, pg. 59*NANA'S VISIT, pg. 63*WIDOWER, pg. 64*THE FIXER, pg. 66*THE LOST WIFE, pg. 67*RECONCILIATION, pg. 69*YOU OWE THEM EVERYTHING, pg. 70*FOR ONE WHO MOVED AWAY, pg. 71*GERIATRICS, pg. 72*THE WARD WIFE, pg. 73*HIS CREMATION, pg. 75*FINDING THEM, pg. 76*PERSONAL, pg. 78*THE WEEPER, pg. 79*BOY, pg. 80
