Contents

I

Two Brides, Two Dead Brothers
Asking
Betting the Mississippi
Norman, Oklahoma
Done Lawyering
Naming Ángel
A Bridge Well Built
The Demon in Madness
Robins Facing South
Eulogy for an Artist
Anita’s Dream

II

Grave Digger for a Mexican Baby
Road Trip to College
Father’s Day
Blind Man News
Camarada’s Cosmos
Missionary Daughters
The Mayor’s Son’s Shirts

III 

Forgiveness and I
Celebration
Wren Rising
Uncle Everett’s Joy
Riddle of the Word
Obligation
The Search for a Lost Soul
Some Other Day
A Gospel Mission Beating
Breathless at the Border
The Patience of Kindness
Contemplation
Rare Wound
Bus Stop
Flight of a Terrorist
Disgorging a Piñata
Confession
Collaterally Damaged Conviction
Dying as a Liar
Preacher and the Green Berets

IV

Cascade Morning
Vanilla Strokes
Shadow Face
Halloween Blind Date
Orchids at the Royal Kew Gardens
Mailing Moonlight
On Tuesday
River Pilot
Fallibility
Gayle’s Sugar-White Pergola
Rainy Day Dog
Ruby Dusk

Glossary of Spanish Words

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