TABLE OF CONTENTS -- THE GIRL IN THE NEXT ROOM -- SONG OF THE PATIENT PATIENT -- THE MISSING TENT -- WHY DO THE CHILDREN SHOUT? -- THEM -- THE SAD COMMITTEE SHAGGY -- THE TROUBLE OUTSIDE -- CABBY -- THE CHAIR -- THE SET -- DEATH -- THE MIND -- PHILANTHROPIST -- THE PARABLE OF THE PAST -- MONOLOGUE -- PRAYER -- WASHINGTON INTERREGNUM -- THE DRUG -- OSPREY SONNET -- IN SPRING INTO THE WORLD SONNET -- WHO HAS THE DREAM SONNET -- GENESIS REVISED -- THE IRON GARAGE -- THE SILENT TEACHER IN THE DISAPPEARING CLASSROOM SHAGGY, WIZ NO BOOK -- THE QUEST -- THE SICK ONES (FOUR DIALOGUES) -- THE TERRIBLE FLAT PEOPLE -- REASON IN THE WOODS -- A FASCINATING POET'S DIARY -- METAMORPHOSIS -- JUICE -- THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER -- A SONG OF WRINKLES -- A DREAM OF AN ATTIC -- A TREE IN D.C. -- WHERE DOES IT GO? -- THINKING OF TENTS -- MOUNTAINS -- URBAN GAME -- ON READING S. S. VAN DINE IN THE CANNED GOODS SECTION -- THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT -- JAMESTOWN -- THE BRUTE -- THE LOVERS -- THE CONSERVATIVE -- OTHER -- THE DESK.