Grateful acknowledgements to the editors of the following journals where many of these poems were first published:

Lana Turner, Cal Bedient, editor: “Spectacle & Pigsty,” Fall 2008

Colorado Review, Matthew Cooperman, editor: Sections 1-5 of “On the Way to Doppo’s Lodge,” Fall 2008

Effing Journal, Julia Cohen, editor: “(or pigsty)” and “Draft”

Alligatorzine, (Belgium) Kurt Devrese, editor: “Romance,” “One Day Suddenly,” “Eyeground Road”

91st Meridian, Natasa Durovicova, editor: “Barely Hinged,” “(scattering dust, we go crazy)” and “(and when I embraced you)”