The Thorn Merchant’s Mistress 155
Audacity of the Lower Gods 161
Jonestown: More Eyes for Jadwiga’s Dream 172
Landscape for the Disappeared 172
In the Labor Camp of Good Intentions 174
Making Out with the Dream-Shredding Machine 176
In the Background of Silence 176
Born Pretty in a Poor Country 178
“Everybody’s Reading Li Po” Silkscreened on a Purple T-Shirt 179
Too Pretty for Serious Business 182
Raw Data for an Unfinished Questionnaire 183
The Beast & Burden: Seven Improvisations 184
A Greenness Taller Than Gods 196
“You and I Are Disappearing” 200
2527th Birthday of the Buddha 201