| Hardrock
Mine |
"WHEN
I WAS nine years old, my grandfather took
my brother Lawrence and me up to his chrome
mine..." |
| In
Harm's Way |
"IF
YOU ARE A SOLDIER, you draw pay and eat at
a common mess with the understanding..." |
| Harpyiæ Be |
"THE
HARPIES were originally the goddesses of
the sweeping storm" |
| Heart's
Blood |
"When
I was in jail, I gave a pint of blood to get
ten days off my sentence" |
| Heat
Wave |
"IN
FRESNO, summer temperatures commonly reached
three digits." |
| Helen
of Troy |
"Rather
than the subjective, whimsical evaluations ..." |
Harry Weininger,
Criminal
Mastermind |
"So Harry and I get this great idea for an
ad..." |
| Hidy
Interview |
"What
would you think of an anthology of contemporary
poster artists..." |
| High
Dive |
"MY
EARLIEST MEMORY is of falling (or, more likely,
jumping)..." |
| History
is Bunk |
"WELL,
I'M WITH HENRY. Billions of people are sincerely
trying their damnedest..." |
| History
Lesson |
"GROWNUPS
WALK with their heads held high, looking
far away..." |
| Hollyhock Dancer |
Twirls
and pirouettes: they're not her baby fingers,
they're her legs. |
| Iandoli
Interview |
"David
Lance Goines owns and operates Saint Hieronymus
Press..." |
If
At First You
Don't Succeed |
"WE
ARE NOT fast learners. In fact, we don't
learn at all." |
| If
It's Not One Thing... |
I DIDN'T MUCH CARE FOR the enforced communality of,,, |
| If
You Make a Mistake... |
THE RUSSIANS have a saying, "The first pancake is... |
| The Illusion of Action |
So you look in the mirror and you think to yourself... |
| Intimations
of Mortality |
I USED TO HAVE TWO RABBITS, Dolly and Ruby... |
| Is
Lead Dead? |
Just like people, every technology has its birth... |
It's
Been Good
To Know You |
PEOPLE ARE SOCIAL CREATURES, and live as much in the minds... |
I
Have Seen
the Future... |
Theremin,
Esperanto,
World Government,
Space Travel... |
I
Hope I Die Before
I Grow Old |
I SAW AN OLD MAN shuffling down the street... |
| I
Love Paris But... |
IN
1968 I SPENT a week alone
in Paris, waiting until the flight on my
El Cheapo ticket... |
| Kindness |
PEOPLE MEAN WELL, but still they make mistakes... |
| Knock,
Knock |
THE HEAVYWEIGHT BOXER Jack Dempsey was once accosted... |
| Life
Maintneance |
MOST of life is maintenance, with little time or energy to spar... |
| Lost
and Found |
MAGPIE EYE spotted the sparkle in the grass by the edge of the sidewalk... |
A
Lot of Things Go
Around
in Airplanes
Besides People |
The flu is going around, and so on Monday I'm going to drop by... |
| Love
Medicine |
MY GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER WAS KILLED in the Battle of the Little Big Horn... |
| Lover,
The |
A Post-Industrial Courtesy Book... |
| Mariposa |
YOU ARE POISED at the edge. Unseen audience hidden in blackness... |
| Midnight
Sun |
I IMAGINE A NEGATIVE WORLD, in which the Sun casts, not light... |
| Mirror Moon |
"When
I set out, I saw the past-full Moon on the
horizon..." |
| Missionary
Man |
I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY and something to do and I don't know... |
| Motion
Picture Show |
READING is different from a movie. You make the pictures in your head... |
| Mule
Drive |
"My
grandfather, William Odus Burch, was born
in 1890..." |
| Music is All Memory
and Anticipation |
"There is no now--it's always just over with..." |
| Museum
of the Ordinary |
WHEN you come upon something at random, you must assume... |
| Music
of the Spheres |
There is no now--it's always just over with or breathlessly awaited. ... |
| My
Sweet Eraseable You |
WOMEN have an interesting option, not generally available to men. ... |
