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Acknowledgments

Reverent thanks to the fellow who was a bald ten-year-old long ago. Thanks to Marley Stuart for reading everything ready or not. Thanks to Helen and Hugh for making life possible.

Away first appeared in Moonday Mag.

Angel with Scimitar first appeared in SurVision.

Baby Pink Roses first appeared in Live Nude Poems.

Before I Join You first appeared in The Splint.

Burning Snows first appeared in The Big Windows Review.

Chasing Rabbits first appeared in Revolver Literary Magazine.

Confetti first appeared in Flashes.

Death Vigil first appeared in Poetic Sun.

Ghost Boy first appeared in Moonday Mag.

Holy Grail first appeared in 3 Moon Magazine.

How Far I've Come first appeared in SurVision.

I Forgot You Were Dead first appeared in La Presa.

If You Touch Me first appeared in Gingerbread House.
 
[Landay III] first appeared in Poetic Sun.

Listening first appeared in Sein und Werden.

Moonlight first appeared in Triggerfish Critical Review.

Nocturne first appeared in Triggerfish Critical Review.

On the Psych Ward first appeared in Right Hand Pointing.

Phoenix Fire first appeared in Imperial Death Cult.

Rapids first appeared in One.

Red first appeared in Lullwater Review.

Rochambeau first appeared in Moonday Mag.

Rock Stardom Is Not What It Used to Be first appeared in Louisiana Literature.

Ruins first appeared in Book of Matches.

Rush first appeared in Triggerfish Critical Review.

Sacrilege first appeared in Louisiana Literature.

Sidewalk first appeared in Moonday Mag.

Seven Pales Horses first appeared in Louisiana Literature.

Still first appeared in Rind.

The Antischeherazade Speaks first appeared in Revolver Literary Magazine.

A Bald Ten-Year-Old first appeared in Poetic Sun.

A Penny first appeared in Live Nude Poems.

A Story of the Moon first appeared in Triggerfish Critical Review.

The Wind Is a Lover's Hand on My Face first appeared in Moonday Mag.

This Is a Painting on Black Velvet first appeared in Imperial Death Cult.

To the Real Tiger first appeared in Triggerfish Critical Review.

Until Next Time first appeared in Triggerfish Critical Review.

View from a Shell first appeared in Louisiana Literature.

Author Profile:

Brian Jerrold Koester is the author of What Keeps Me Awake and Bossa Nova. He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and

the Best of the Net Anthology, and he holds an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars. He lives north of Boston.