Table of Contents
Foreword Alan Shapiro ix
Introduction xiii
First Do No Harm 1
The Emu in the Graveyard 3
Vigil, 1958 4
Forest Hills Park, Spring 1994 5
Pawn Shop Dreams 6
Are Butterflies Birds? 7
Taos, 4 July, 2100 Hours 8
A Denunciation of Quarks 10
Blown Pupil 11
There 12
The Breast Exam 13
Low Water Crossing 14
This Sadness 15
To the Medical Student Who Jumped From the Roof of the Hospital 16
Happiness Is Genetic Too 18
Out of Practice 19
Non-Stop Flight 21
Gardeners 22
Common Texas Grasses-A Guide 23
Shock and Awe in Comfort, Texas 24
What I Remember of Embryology 25
B-Ball Lament 26 What Mick's Got 28
On Slipping Through Terminal 1, Concourse C at O'Hare 30
The Teens For Christ Convention At the Holiday Inn 31
Flu Season 33
The Whistler 34
What We Said 35
Triage 37
Letting It Go 38
A Sigh on Rounds 40
Discharges 41
Sherbet 42
Clinic 43
Side Show 44
Hometown Girl 45
Raising Money for Medical Bills 47
The Tyranny of Aging 48
Redbud 49
Blue Period 50
Moon Over Twin Sisters Peak 51
Dragonfly 53
Mowing 55
Red Oak 56
Free Range 57
Feeding the Fish 59
Plastic Caskets 61
Goshawk 62
Perseids 64
Dark Side 65
A Paper Anniversary at 52 66
Blue Norther 67
The Day It Came In 69
Overwinter 71
Auscultation 73
Acknowledgments and Permissions 75
