Front Cover -- About the Author -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Part I: Cusp -- I watch the bees slow down the summer -- Afterwards -- Julia's Party -- After the Funeral -- The Running Light of Stones -- Cusp -- Hold on to the sky -- Vernal -- Easter -- The Lamb -- he did sing -- Smiling for the Camera -- Making Peace -- Dreaming the Dead -- Letters from the Peninsula -- The Colour of Lilac -- Inquiry -- Turn -- Ending -- Possessions -- News -- Owl Ear -- Assassin -- Crocodile -- Disembarking from the 8.09 -- Physician -- Moving House -- The Assistant's Confession -- Faith -- Benjamin's Pool -- Part II: Acres -- Acres -- Arguing with Malarchy -- Prologue -- Old Man Advises Malarchy on the Contents of the Will -- Old Man Describes to Malarchy his Coming of Age -- Old Man Argues with Malarchy about Certainty -- Old Man Informs Malarchy of the Effects of Sound -- Old Man Complains to Malarchy about Maths -- Old Man Instructs Malarchy on How to Pray -- Old Man Muses to Malarchy on a Sleepless Night -- Old Man Speaks to Malarchy of Defeat -- Old Man Reveals to Malarchy the Art of Flying -- Old Man Disagrees with Malarchy about Age -- Old Man Asks Malarchy about Truth -- The Desert Chronicles -- The Naming of Ages -- debut -- Travelling with Chickens (I) -- Waiting for Cure -- Travelling with Chickens (II) -- Extending the Pond -- full of everything else but itself.