Author's note -- You'll catch your death -- Ladyfingers -- Living effigy -- A marvelous party -- Net worthiness -- Help! -- A terrific headache -- Eventide -- Behind the shadow -- For shame -- Forgive me -- The half open door -- The unbuttoned shirt -- Hello everybody, hello, hello -- Before the closing bell -- Burnt toast -- Crêpe de Chine -- Ode -- Danse macabre -- Late -- Legacy -- Foggy Bottom night -- No future, no past -- Wow -- Scraps of yesterdays -- Sentenced for life -- Serious crimes -- Ship of fools -- the last act -- Yes, Virginia, there is a God -- The man with the double breasted suit -- Echoes -- Unsightly image -- Upended -- Virtual -- Our crowd -- A Sunday in purgatory -- Envoi -- Topographies of soul: the poetry of Henry Morgenthau III