About the Author -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- 2007 -- Encounter With The Tar -- Morass -- Alcohol Eye -- Up And Down -- Man In The Back Of The Room -- Cracked -- Hospital Visit -- November Twister -- Cradlesong -- A Wretched Reversal -- Things Insubstantial -- Whisperers -- The Soil -- Calming -- The Prize -- The January Book -- The River -- For Matthew -- Obama In New Hampshire -- Tea Time -- Election -- Memoir -- Snapshot -- Odyssey -- Forgiveness -- A Wilderness -- For Jim Morrison -- Transition -- Monday Night Bingo -- Call Of Madness -- The Lair -- Usury -- What Do You Keep? -- Waiting -- Once When -- Delivery -- The Wreck -- Blessed -- Breach -- 2008 -- Artie's Friend -- Is Going Back Possible? -- Decisions -- Chimera -- Not Obliged By A Win -- Perhaps A Rune -- Writing -- The Exhibit -- All Day -- Kitchen's Glow -- Sad Man -- Poem -- Pretty Airs -- Babe -- Here And There -- Black Chair -- Chance Or Purpose -- Easter -- Set Free -- A Walk In The Wilderness -- Lights Out -- Insurance -- Burial -- Behind The Eyes -- Façade -- Orchestration -- The Fissure Of Time -- Afternoon -- Over The Mississippi -- The Mine -- Unknown Tomb -- Look Away -- Dog -- Anticipation -- Vigorous Men -- The Day Before -- After A Break -- Business Meeting -- For Katie Foster -- For Lorraine Wilby -- Sarah And John -- Sleep -- Lingering At The Screen -- Bailouts -- Late On The Rent -- Selling -- Buying Postcards -- From Dead To Aggravated -- Two Jim's And A Joe -- Double Dogs -- Tuesday's Revelation -- Wanting What's Next -- 2.75 -- Pretenders -- Book -- Supplication -- Review -- Sunday -- The Summer Of 1950 -- Late In The Season -- For The Next Generation -- Conceit Of Years -- The Sky Does Not Speak -- A Market's Weakness -- Angel's Say-so -- Wind -- The Space Between.