Table of Contents
I Give You My Heart Os doy mi corazón 3
Layaway 5
Poorly Given Miserias 6
Exit, with the Body 11
In Defense of the Life Assignment En defensa de la vida asignada 12
A Few Things Are Explained to Me Me explican algunas cosas 14
Self-Criticism as an Act of Love Autogestión como acto de amor 17
Mi mamá me ama 20
Envoi 24
Love Poem 25
Legislation with Regard to Life 26
Heterosexuality as Custom 27
Leftovers 28
The Rent 29
I, Ricardo, Detached from the Human Ricardo Yo, Ricardo, separándome del humano Ricardo 30
For Love 32
Dinner Special 33
One Fish, Two Fish, Three Fish Un, dos, tres pescados 35
Someone Else's Television 39
The City 40
His Life in Foreclosure 41
TI-83 42
Habemus Lux 43
Set Up Request 46
A Mistranslation of My Name Sobre la traducción de mi nombre 47
A Bird for Felipe, a Bird for Damián Un pájaro para Felipe, un pájaro para Damián 49
The Commodities Market El mercado de materia prima 51
Morning is Morning 55
Project for the Hands 56
Modern Guilt 57
When We Were Mortal 58
Logarithms for Tinderbox 59
Aquatics Period 60
Youth Novels 61
Early Rhetoric and Composition 62
Lesionado 63
Regarding the Life Assignment En cuanto a la vida asignada 65
Voyage to Russia 69
Confessional 70
Bounty 71
Natural History 72
The Symbolism Practice Test 73
Where We Are. Sometimes 74
Last Advertisement for the Life Assignment Último anuncio de la vida asignada 75
Status for the Rest of the Month 77
A Poem for Raquel Un poema para Raquel 78
Entry Level 81
The End of the Economy 82
God or Freud 83
America! America! Las dos Américas 84
Vita Nuova 85
Notes