Table of Contents
Everyone at This Party 13
Current Phobia One: Atychiphobia 14
Smiley Face 16
Love History 17
Wonder White 18
Sawmill Town 19
Ecclesiastes Remix 20
Hot Sidewalk 21
Big Truck, No Luck 22
Current Phobia Two: Kakorrhaphiophobia 23
Boxes 25
Little Surprises 26
Backyard Wedding 27
Shield 28
Kill Switch 29
Mother in Her White Nightgown 30
Drinking Buddy 31
Five Cents per Increment of Death 32
My Tarantula, My Therapist 33
A Safe, Quiet Neighbourhood 34
Autopsy 35
Crash by Night 36
Subdivision 37
Birds and Fish and Loaves and Fathers 38
It's Not Me, It's Her 41
Post-Occupation 42
Current Phobia Three: Gerascophobia 44
Stockholm Syndrome 46
Stomachs 47
Garbage 48
A Brief Dalliance with the World 50
The Signs 52
White Tulips 53
Ecclesiastes 54
Things Heard in a Day 55
The Meeting 57
Name and Whereabouts Unknown 58
Dripping Laundry 60
Purls of Wisdom 61
Current Phobia Four: Agoraphobia 62
Best Laid Plans 64
After Words 65
Ode 67
Storm Watch 68
Oxygen 69
Whisper Street 70
Acknowledgements 73
Notes 75