From the Book - First edition.
What spells raccoon to me --
Why some people be mad at me sometimes --
Atlantic is a sea of bones --
Cruelty, don't talk to me about cruelty --
Here is another bone to pick with you --
If our grandchild be a girl --
My dream about being white --
My dream about the cows --
My dream about falling --
My dream about the second coming --
My dream about the poet --
The death of Crazy Horse --
Crazy Horse names his daughter --
Crazy Horse instructs the young men but in their grief they forget --
The message of Crazy Horse --
The death of Thelma Sayles --
The message of Thelma Sayles --
The death of Joanne C. --
Leukemia as white rabbit --
She won't ever forgive me --
The one in the next bed is dying --
Leukemia as dream/ritual --
The death of Fred Clifton --
"I'm going back to my true identity" --
The message of Fred Clifton --
In white America. I come to read them poems --
Shapeshifter poems. The legend is whispered --
Who is there to protect her --
If the little girl lies --
The poem at the end of the world --
California lessons. Geography --
