Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Two Houses Down, Middle of the Night 1
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After the Poetry Reading, a Condom 4
The House Called Shadow Garden 5
Neighborhood Watch 6
At the Royal Palm Motel 7
“Please Help This Vet” 8
Old Orange Avenue 9
Old South Carriage Tours 10
Where Letha Lived 12
I Have Monkeys 15
Men on Bikes: A Standardized Test for White Women Alone on the Street 16
Laundry 18
You Didn’t Hear It from Me 19
Memory in Green 21
Flood Subject 22
Danny Jackson Must Not Die 23
Night Train and Little Owl 25
Where Shopping is a Pleasure 26
Professional Development: Active Shooter 28
HEADLINE: Student had Gun, Cops Say 29
Politics 30
Balancing, Truing, and Personal Service 31
The Ember of the Nursing Home 32
Nebraska Avenue Torch Song 33
Winter Solstice, Paris Street 34
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Examining the Cannon 36
Pecha Kucha for Big Guava 37
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New Year’s Eve, Paris Street 48
The Good Samaritan of Florida Avenue 49
In Sumptuous Ticking 51
Still Life 53
In the Midst of Magnolia 54
Sorry About that Thing I Heard 55
American Pantoum 57
Did You Find Everything You Need? 59
Thanksgiving Eve at Family Dollar 60
From Sea to Shining 61
Fairyland 62
Boutonniere 63
Reverend Billy’s Boogie Woogie and Mom’s Gulbransen 64
The Methodist Women’s Society Cookbook 65
Best Supporting Role 67
Between Mickey Mouse and I Don’t Give a Damn 68
Corner of Blanco and South Streets 69
The United Daughters of the Confederacy Float 70
So Many Hitchhikers on this Street 71
Nice ‘N’ Easy 72
“Anything Helps, God Bless” 73
Walking Home on Hanna Avenue, July 4th 74
The Next Door Neighbor 75
Four Houses Lost and Returned 76
Sanwa International Grocery 77
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Somewhere Jazz 8
A Note of Thanks 81
Notes on the Poems 82
About the Author 85
