Contents -- Arches Up -- ROLE RESEARCH -- DEAR DEMOGRAPHIC -- BOOK INSCRIPTION FOR ½ OF THE COEN BROTHERS -- FACE OFF -- IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH HELL -- EARTHQUAKE -- SEEING INTO SEOUL -- ANTE MERIDIEM WITH NOELLE KOCOT -- KATHARINE HEPBURN STRAIGHT TO DVD -- CROSSING THE WORLD -- LEARNING TO TRUST LEGS -- This Little Pinky -- GENE DIAMONDS -- PORIFERAN -- THE EVE OF A PRESIDENCY -- SUBTITLES ON CHILDREN -- CROAK -- FELL OFF -- RUN ON -- MY FACE -- BARBIE -- DISAPPEARING ACT -- SOMETHING -- THE GOOD HAND -- SHADES -- LOUISIANA STORIES -- OVERHEARD: TABLE TWO -- TWEET -- Achilles, revisited -- TRUST HAIKU -- STRANGE -- HE SEEMED LIKE A NICE AXE -- BEDTIME FOR THE ARCHIMEDES OF YOUR HELL -- IN MY BEST ANNE SEXTON ACCENT -- TURNING TO ROPES -- BANG DITTO -- FAMILY VALUE -- FRAMEWORK -- HARLEQUIN -- IN A NEW YORK MUGGING -- HATE, A LOVE POEM -- MOTH TAMER -- WITH LOTS OF SALT WATER AND IMAGINATION -- INTERLUDE -- FACE ME -- ODE TO A RUG -- ROADKILL -- SWAGGER HEADFIRST INTO YOUR CAMPFIRE -- THE BLACK TIE WARREN -- ICE CUBE LANGUAGE AND DRACULA BOY -- DEAR WATERMELON SEED -- SUNDAY PAPER CLASSIFIEDS -- WINTER -- AT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM -- WORD WAR -- SCHOOL FOR THE VIVID -- DOWNER'S CLUB -- IF YOU DECIDE IT'S BETTER TO LET GO -- OH, YOU -- COLD CONSCIENCE -- HOW MY PAPA SAVED CHRISTMAS -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author.