Revelations in the key of K --
Oratorio for the unbecoming --
Descending theology. The Nativity --
This lesson you've got --
Waiting for God : self-portrait as skeleton --
At the sound of the gunshot, leave a message --
Elegy for a rain salesman --
Hypertrophied football star as serial killer --
Orders from the invisible --
Requiem : Professor Walt Mink (1927-1996) --
Descending theology. Christ human --
Miss Flame, apartment bound, as undiscovered porn star --
Reference for ex-man's next --
Descending theology. The garden --
Hurt Hospital's best suicide jokes --
A tapestry figure escapes for occupancy in the real world, which includes the death of her mother --
Mister Cogito posthumous --
For a dying tomcat who's relinquished his former hissing and predatory nature --
Coat hanger bent into halo --
Descending theology. The crucifixion --
Red-circled want ad for my son on his commencement --
Easter at Al Qaeda Bodega --
Garment district sweatshop --
Overdue pardon for mother with knife --
Descending theology. The resurrection --
A blessing from my sixteen years' son --
Afterword: Facing altars : poetry and prayer.
