Dear B, /3 Song of Interrogation / 7 A Dictionary of the Garment /8 A Dictionary at the Periphery /10 A Dictionary of Having Been Prey in the Voice of the Grandmother /12 A Dictionary of Preserving the Hydrangea's Bloom /14 A Dictionary of the Symphony in the Voice of Ludwig van Beethoven /15 A Dictionary with Foresight as 20/20 /16 A Dictionary of Venery in the Voice of Artemis /18 A Dictionary of Faith /19 A Dictionary of Following and Fading in the Voice of Eurydice /20 A Gospel of the Human Condition /21 Dear B, /25 Dear B, /26 Dear B, /27 Corrosion Therapy / 31 Criminal How-To /32 A Dictionary of Wooing and Deception in the Voice of the Sociopath /34 A Dictionary of What Can Be Learned in the Voice of the Sociopath's Lover /36 Conspiracy to Commit Larceny: A Recipe /37 Conspiracy to Commit Larceny /38 A Dictionary of Mechanics, Memory, and Skin in the Voice of Marion Parker /39 A Letter to the Coroner in the Voice of Marion Parker /40 A Dictionary of Keeping Quiet between the Monstrous and Holy in the Voice of Marion Parker /41 Working with the Instrument /43 Dear B, /47 Dear B, /48 Dear B, /49 A Dictionary at the Turn of the Millennium / 53 A Dictionary of Almost Drowning / 54 A Dictionary of Limbo /55 A Dictionary of Resignation /57 A Dictionary of Filming the Inside of a Tornado /58 A Dictionary of Sun and Sea in the Voice of Icarus /59 A Dictionary in the Voice of Icarus /60 A Dictionary of Wandering and Homesickness in the Voice of Odusseus /67 A Dictionary Measuring Cause and Effect / 62 A Dictionary of Feigning Survival /63 A Dictionary of the Dead in the Voice of the Living Collective /61 A Dictionary of Perishing /65 A Dictionary of the Afterlife /66 Dear B, /69 Notes /71 Acknowledgments /73.