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The Salaryman

It almost makes you cry, to know that you are no longer needed.

The Sentimentality of William Tavener

It takes a strong woman to make any sort of success in the West.

The Women

She asked, “What’s the weirdest thing you can do with your body?”

Thinking It Through

His mother wasn’t there to meet him at his stop. She never was.

Thirteen Months Unemployed

They are glorious pumpkin-skinned messengers. I hate them.

This Cat

The cat was looking at me with an intelligent expression. It knew.

This Is How It Goes

Love speaks in silence, on behalf of lovers too tired for words.

Three Stages of Amazement

Charlie wasn’t Lena’s first love, but he counted on being her last.

True Believers

Buster’s reasons for looking after Marco weren’t entirely altruistic.

Two Poems

Kansas is a cold dessert, I say. No, Kansas is a tongue depressor, he says.

Uncertain Terms

It has come to this—my daughter is now assaulting other children.

Unknown

The sense all along has been that there’s some madness in her.

Valley

They retire for the night, he to his bedroom and she to hers. What of it?

Virgil Explains Limbo to Dante

Limbo: Latin, limbus, meaning a hem between sclera and cornea.

Vogel’s Wife

At the copier, her back to him, running off copies, was Penny Ayler.

What Dark Tastes Like and Other Poems

Bright rot laces the air, light sharpens each leaf. On our way to fallow, fire.

Where the Rubber Meets the Road

The onus is on you, because you care about your car and your life.

Wild Snow

My job requires me to make things disappear like a Vegas magician.

You, or Someone Like You

I’ve got my hands around the man’s legs when I notice the blood.