Blistered hands -- The occasion of desire -- Black masks -- Mrs. Chucklehenny vs. the horrible lizard monster -- Impossible situation -- Meeting an old friend at a lecture -- The mule -- Of military school -- April of 'eighty-nine 1 -- April of 'eighty-nine 2 -- July of 2001 -- Elliot, or, Flight -- Margaret, or, The spider web -- Joe, or, Betrayal -- Julian and Maddy, or, Louder desperation -- The operation -- Blind date -- For a man who lost his wife -- Reputations -- Hamburger in the mailbox -- Albatross -- Lust -- Silence -- Song about my hair (1972) -- One Saturday morning -- Hadrian's Wall -- New Year's morning -- Slaughter of the Huns -- Between earth and sky -- According to my mother 1 -- According to my mother 2 -- According to my mother 3 -- The bird killers -- My mother at the audiologist's -- 4:35 am : my mother at the ICU -- My mother dreams of her parrot.