Table of Contents
The Sublime Before (Is Someone's After) 1
Things I Could Tell You About Onions 2
Before the Body 3
Tell 4
Against Forgiveness 5
Rage 6
Spring in Laramie 7
To Pence 8
Last Mourners 9
Facts of Life 10
Think Well of Us 11
Tenderizers 12
Greenbottle 13
To Shaman 14
At Mill Creek 15
Remains 16
Shipwreck 17
The Worst 18
I Survived 19
I Hate a Poem with Poem in It 21
History 22
Weep 23
Bigot Season 24
Word Play 26
Miracle Fish 27
Prayer for Appetite 28
Before Babel 29
Three Choices 30
Diorama 31
Relational Aggression 32
Notes Toward Softness 33
Family Friend 35
Will 36
The Choice 37
Unlucky Penny 38
Darkling 39
Faggot 40
Inoculation 41
To Ms. Melton 42
Middle School Prayer 43
Night Terrors 44
Memory Loss 45
How To Tell 46
He Says/She Says 48
On Wanting To Live 49
Seven Years After 50
Borrowed Time 51
Discharge Questionnaire 52
A Fever Of 53
Soft Teachers 54
(The Sublime Before) Is Someone's After 55
Acknowledgements 57
Thank Yous 58
Bio 59
