A Night Without Armor

As a child I walked -- Bony ribs of Adam -- Wild horse -- Bukowski's widow -- You tell me -- Paramount, NY, 9:34 A.M. -- It has been long -- Too many nights -- I look at young girls now -- Seattle -- Saved from myself -- Taking the slave -- Sun bathing -- Red Roof Inn, Boston -- So just kiss me -- Second thoughts in Columbus, Ohio -- Cautious -- Dark bells -- Inertia of a lonely heart -- Collect beads of night -- Communion -- Love poem -- Father of a deaf girl -- Dionne & I -- IB -- Slow migration of glaciers -- Tai Pei -- Tai Pei 2 -- Tai Pei 3 -- In the south of England somewhere -- 1966 -- Couple sitting on a bench -- Envy -- Pretty -- Those certain girls -- Sausages -- Though I am 8 -- Dylan -- Vincent said -- Camouflage -- Sara said -- Parking lot -- Coffee shop -- I say to you idols -- Steady yourself -- Awaken, love -- Gather yourself -- You -- Bleary eyed -- I miss your touch -- Night falls -- We have been called -- Underage -- Grimshaw -- Slow disease -- All the words -- You are not -- Strip 1 -- Strip 2 -- Shush -- I am not from here -- Infatuation -- Fall -- Long has a cloak -- Mercy -- Compass -- Freedom -- Road spent -- Christmas in Hawaii -- Spoiled -- Red light district, Amsterdam -- Lovers for Lilly -- Lemonade -- We talk -- Spivey leaks -- Forgetful -- Lost -- Still life -- I don't suppose raindrops -- Sometimes -- Blanketed by a citrus smile -- Road -- I guess what I wanted was -- Insecurity -- I am patient -- Things you fear -- Chase -- Fragile -- I'm writing to tell you -- And so to Receive you -- Fat -- Junky -- Austin, TX, Sheraton Hotel, 2 A.M. -- I keep expecting you to -- P.S. -- Gold fish -- New moon -- Someone to know me -- Traffic -- Home -- After the divorce -- May brought longer days -- Crazy cow -- Sauna -- Tangled roots of willows -- Goodness (A poem for Shane) -- Wolves in the canyon -- God exists quietly -- Miracle -- Afterword -- List of illustrations.