| God's man | p. 17 |
| not normal | p. 21 |
| classical | p. 23 |
| the puking lady | p. 25 |
| depression kid | p. 30 |
| burlesque | p. 34 |
| first love | p. 37 |
| mountain | p. 40 |
| field exercises | p. 43 |
| what will the neighbors think? | p. 45 |
| full circle | p. 49 |
| a place in Philly | p. 53 |
| the Kenyon Review and other matters | p. 55 |
| big night on the town | p. 57 |
| total madness | p. 59 |
| on the bum | p. 64 |
| society should realize... | p. 67 |
| madman | p. 69 |
| nazi | p. 71 |
| 16 Jap machine gun bullets | p. 73 |
| bar stool | p. 75 |
| the mirror game | p. 81 |
| liar, liar, pants on fire! | p. 83 |
| the inspection | p. 84 |
| somewhere in Texas | p. 87 |
| city boy | p. 89 |
| the strange morning outside the bar | p. 93 |
| a $15 boy and a $1500 casket | p. 98 |
| rosary | p. 101 |
| the smirking dark | p. 103 |
| two crazies | p. 106 |
| a note on the masses | p. 108 |
| Lord Byron | p. 111 |
| the weak | p. 115 |
| a tough time | p. 116 |
| some luck, somehow | p. 121 |
| art class | p. 123 |
| payoff | p. 127 |
| ding-dong | p. 129 |
| AFDC for you and me | p. 133 |
| I know you | p. 134 |
| bone palace ballet | p. 135 |
| oh | p. 137 |
| what can you do? | p. 138 |
| my friend, the parking lot attendant | p. 140 |
| last will and testament | p. 142 |
| 12 minutes to post | p. 144 |
| in the center of the action | p. 145 |
| the fool | p. 146 |
| the rock | p. 149 |
| ah | p. 150 |
| room 106 | p. 151 |
| in other words | p. 153 |
| the horseplayer | p. 155 |
| the big one | p. 157 |
| the parade | p. 158 |
| bum on the loose | p. 159 |
| going away | p. 161 |
| stag | p. 162 |
| late payment | p. 164 |
| 2 horse collars | p. 165 |
| counsel | p. 166 |
| the fighter | p. 167 |
| my worst rejection slip | p. 168 |
| 40,000 | p. 173 |
| coffeeshop | p. 176 |
| poetry readings | p. 181 |
| journey to the end | p. 185 |
| upon reading a critical review | p. 186 |
| the beautiful lady | p. 187 |
| black | p. 188 |
| my style | p. 189 |
| dead | p. 190 |
| a re-evaluation | p. 191 |
| snake-eyes | p. 192 |
| our world | p. 193 |
| how to get rid of the purists | p. 195 |
| a curious thing | p. 197 |
| the finger | p. 201 |
| don't forget | p. 203 |
| last call | p. 204 |
| undecent | p. 206 |
| one of those | p. 207 |
| candy-ass | p. 209 |
| the word | p. 210 |
| please | p. 213 |
| good night, sweet prince | p. 215 |
| Dreiser wasn't so hot either | p. 216 |
| cruising | p. 220 |
| the way it is | p. 223 |
| a final word on no final word | p. 225 |
| each man's hell is different | p. 227 |
| the powers that be | p. 229 |
| clever | p. 231 |
| the poem | p. 233 |
| my mail | p. 235 |
| walking with the dead | p. 239 |
| up through the night | p. 240 |
| the fool dines out | p. 241 |
| hey, hey, hey | p. 243 |
| band-aid | p. 244 |
| the dangling carrot | p. 247 |
| preparation | p. 248 |
| freeway | p. 249 |
| the new homeless | p. 253 |
| the mail | p. 255 |
| killing life | p. 256 |
| wait, it will find us | p. 257 |
| the x-factor | p. 258 |
| evaluation | p. 260 |
| the young | p. 261 |
| no return address | p. 262 |
| yes sirree! | p. 263 |
| snapshot (1985) | p. 264 |
| finished? | p. 265 |
| the voice of Chinaski | p. 266 |
| quotable | p. 267 |
| interview | p. 268 |
| the lady who looks forever young | p. 270 |
| an answer | p. 271 |
| a model | p. 273 |
| my companion | p. 274 |
| the barometer | p. 276 |
| the rivers | p. 279 |
| dark, and darker | p. 281 |
| the room | p. 282 |
| the two toughest | p. 284 |
| the darkening light | p. 286 |
| those good people | p. 287 |
| horse fly | p. 288 |
| night cap | p. 289 |
| action | p. 291 |
| playtime | p. 295 |
| poem for my 71st birthday | p. 296 |
| slow night | p. 297 |
| the racetrack salutes you! | p. 299 |
| alone | p. 300 |
| the joke | p. 302 |
| Glasgow | p. 304 |
| owl | p. 307 |
| Dostoevsky | p. 308 |
| my computer | p. 309 |
| thanks to the computer | p. 312 |
| safe | p. 313 |
| 3 blacks | p. 315 |
| life like a big tender glove | p. 316 |
| the old guy in the piano bar | p. 317 |
| nights and years | p. 319 |
| quiet in a quiet night | p. 320 |
| a little cafe on 6th street | p. 322 |
| death in modern age | p. 325 |
| too hot | p. 326 |
| the last song | p. 327 |
| reunion | p. 328 |
| disgusting | p. 329 |
| Bach, come back | p. 331 |
| the modern life | p. 333 |
| mailbag | p. 334 |
| self-invited | p. 336 |
| old | p. 338 |
| the young poets | p. 340 |
| Belfast | p. 344 |
| the dream | p. 345 |
| returning to an old love | p. 347 |
| cool fur | p. 348 |
| old? | p. 349 |
| a problem | p. 351 |
| taken | p. 354 |
| welcome darkness | p. 356 |
| Bach | p. 357 |
| great jazz | p. 358 |
| a moment | p. 360 |
| wondrous | p. 361 |
| fact | p. 362 |
| there | p. 363 |
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