Table of Contents
Preface xxiii
1 My Birthday, Kinda 1
2 Inefficiency 4
3 Flower in the Curb 8
4 Blowing It Off 10
5 Hole in the Head 14
6 Remission Still 17
7 Praying Mantis 20
8 The Negreeting 23
9 The High-Five from Strangers, Etc. 27
10 Writing by Hand 31
11 Transplanting 34
12 Nicknames 38
13 But, Maybe … 41
14 "Joy Is Such a Human Madness" 43
15 House Party 51
16 Hummingbird 55
17 Just a Dream 57
18 "That's Some Bambi Shit" … 61
19 The Irrepressible: The Gratitudes 63
20 Tap Tap 66
21 Coffee without the Saucer 68
22 Lily on the Pants 70
23 Sharing a Bag 72
24 Umbrella in the Cafe 74
25 Beast Mode 77
26 Airplane Rituals 79
27 Weirdly Untitled 82
28 Pecans 85
29 The Do-Over 88
30 Infinity 91
31 Ghost 94
32 Nota Bene 98
33 "Love Me in a Special Way" 101
34 "Stay," by Lisa Loeb 104
35 Stacking Delights 107
36 Donny Hathaway on Pandora 111
37 "To Spread the Sweetness of Love" 113
38 Baby, Baby, Baby 116
39 "REPENT OR BURN" 118
40 Giving My Body to the Cause 120
41 Among the Rewards of My Sloth … 122
42 Not Grumpy Cat 124
43 Some Stupid Shit 126
44 Not Only … 128
45 Micro-gentrification: WE BUY GOLD 129
46 Reading Palms 131
47 The Sanctity of Trains 134
48 Bird Feeding 136
49 Kombucha in a Mid-century Glass 138
50 Hickories 141
51 Annoyed No More 142
52 Toto 144
53 Church Poets 147
54 Public Lying Down 148
55 Babies. Seriously. 152
56 "My Life, My Life, My Life, My Life in the Sunshine" 154
57 Incorporation 155
58 Botan Rice Candy 157
59 Understory 160
60 "Joy Is Such a Human Madness": The Duff Between Us 162
61 "It's Just the Day I'm Having" … 164
62 The Purple Cornets of Spring 165
63 The Volunteer 167
64 Fishing an Eyelash: Two or Three Cents on the Virtues of the Poetry Reading 169
65 Found Things 172
66 Found Things (2) 174
67 Cuplicking 176
68 Bobblehead 178
69 The Jenky 181
70 The Crow's Ablutions 184
71 Flowers in the Hands of Statues 187
72 An Abundance of Public Toilets 189
73 The Wave of Unfamiliars 193
74 Not for Nothing 195
75 Bindweed … Delight? 197
76 Dickhead 200
77 Ambiguous Signage Sometimes 202
78 Heart to Heart 206
79 Caution: Bees on Bridge 209
80 Tomato on Board 212
81 Purple-Handed 215
82 Name: Kayte Young; Phone Number: 555-867-5309 216
83 Still Processing 219
84 Fireflies 221
85 My Scythe Jack 223
86 Pawpaw Grove 225
87 Loitering 229
88 Touched 233
89 Scat 236
90 Get Thee to the Nutrient Cycle! 241
91 Pulling Carrots 244
92 Filling the Frame 246
93 Reckless Air Quotes 247
94 Judith Irene Gay, Aged Seventy-six Today! 249
95 Rothko Backboard 251
96 The Marfa Lights 253
97 The Carport 255
98 My Garden (Book): 258
99 Black Bumblebees! 262
100 Grown 265
101 Coco-baby 266
102 My Birthday 269
Acknowledgments 273