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Night bus to the afterlife
2014
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Summary
With the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans his initial subject, Cooley meditates on transience and mortality as he moves through the landscape of the Gulf South, the sky and his inner weather reflecting one another.
Table of Contents
1I See a City in Tearsp. 11
The Third Heavenp. 12
Foragersp. 14
To Christ Our Lordp. 15
Voice of a Survivorp. 16
Adam After the Hurricanesp. 17
Green Threshold Orangep. 18
Autobiographica Literariap. 19
More than Twice, More than I Can Countp. 20
Telephone Ringing in the Afterlifep. 21
Downtownp. 22
Sailing to Byzantiump. 24
2Night Morning Skyp. 27
A Café on Magazine Street, New Orleans, Septemberp. 31
3Washing My Facep. 35
To My Immortal Soulp. 36
Local Weatherp. 37
What Rises Keeps Us Here, and Rises Herep. 39
Poem Ending with Sententious Sentimentp. 41
I, You, Reader, Stoned Man, Silly Ladyp. 42
To a Certain Riverp. 43
Poem Written on My Kneesp. 44
4The Long Accomplishment of Mortal Musicp. 47
Nostalgia Piecep. 50
5Byzantiump. 53
The Climbersp. 54
And Eating Out of My Handp. 55
Anti-Aubadep. 56
From This Sidep. 57
My Reading at the Old Folks Homep. 58
The Happiness Poemp. 60
Practice of Happinessp. 61
After Postmodernismp. 63
The Watcher and the Watchedp. 64
Day After Tomorrow: Weather Watchp. 65
Night Bus to the Afterlifep. 66
Remembering that I'm in Pensacola, Florida, the Day Before Hurricane Katrinap. 67
The One Certain Thingp. 68
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