The Machinery of Night

Contents:

Halloween memory —
Where flies are born —
People who love life —
Damned if you do —
The party —
Becoming men —
Something terrible is always happening —
The cabinet-maker’s wife —
Fries with that? —
The machinery of night —
265 and heaven —
Mrs. Freely —
Ice palace —
The five —
Freshmen survey English lit Beowulf to Jonathan Swift —
White Chapel —
Subway turnstile —
I am infinite; I contain multitudes —
The Joss house —
Martha —
Underworld —
Medea —
The hurting season —
The fruit of her womb —
The ripening sweetness of late afternoon —
The mysteries of Paris —
The skin of the world —
Why my doll is evil —
Piercing men —
Only connect —
The Little Mermaid —
The night before Alec got married —
O, rare and most exquisite —
The virgin of the rocks —
The rendering man —
Chosen —
The dark game —
The words —
Purity.