The Authority of the Air Conditioner
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The Authority of the Air Conditioner Richard P.Gabriel January 4, 2017 Contents FrostHorizon................................ 1 MyHeartisBreaking ............................ 2 AnnaAndPowell.............................. 3 ThinkingAboutIt.............................. 4 UnderImitation............................... 5 ThePerfectRoad .............................. 6 Helpless................................... 7 TheLSection................................ 8 GoingHome ................................ 9 Mowing................................... 10 DeathOrWorse/OffBalance . 11 In Seven Languages . 12 ISawSheWas ............................... 13 Federalist .................................. 14 AWindDoes................................ 15 Questions Of Her . 16 Duck Inn, Merrimac . 17 Ueno..................................... 18 Another................................... 19 BurningforHome.............................. 20 WalkingStones ............................... 21 InANorth ................................. 22 SomeDetroitArea ............................. 23 Mommy,ASortofDeath.......................... 24 Mound-Over Turf . 25 TheWrongSelf............................... 26 FoundOutAboutYou ........................... 27 PaleRoomLocked ............................. 28 i CONTENTS ii IfYouReadThis .............................. 29 Learning by Any Other Name . 30 Unnoticed.................................. 31 DreamaDreamofMe ........................... 32 BorntoRun................................. 33 The Sad Facts of Lost Parents . 34 FictionLane................................. 35 Flush .................................... 36 OldRoads.................................. 37 LongBlondeHair.............................. 38 SheFeltItDriftingAway .......................... 39 TimesAlone................................. 40 ChasingSomething ............................. 41 CottageGrove................................ 42 ARiverWest ................................ 43 FindingOuts ................................ 44 Coops.................................... 45 1960 . 46 GodOnMain................................ 47 OnTuesdays ................................ 48 NoiseNoise................................. 49 NotMineEverAgain............................ 50 DumbItWere................................ 51 FirstTimes ................................. 52 HadleySandPit............................... 53 StuffandMoreStuff ............................ 54 Decide.................................... 55 At The Café . 56 Kalaupapa.................................. 57 BadPorn .................................. 58 OldGoats.................................. 59 I’llBeSleeping ............................... 60 BlackHillsFlood .............................. 61 InAColdRoomEveryNight........................ 62 AfterHelping................................ 63 Know?.................................... 64 WetandWind ............................... 65 DeadOrAlive................................ 66 CONTENTS iii NeuroLove ................................. 67 PlayNow .................................. 68 SorryFor .................................. 69 Splinters................................... 70 FarmWoods ................................ 71 Intrusions.................................. 72 ForgetThisFact............................... 73 Covet .................................... 74 Empty.................................... 75 ArsPoetica ................................. 76 FlyingGetIt? ................................ 77 Pretending To Be My Friend . 78 BadBadDay ................................ 79 Beach Pizza . 80 NextUp................................... 81 MaybeTwo ................................. 82 Ice and Snow on the Merrimack River . 83 ItFeelsSlow................................. 84 WaterStreetandFather........................... 85 StillImagine................................. 86 Overhead .................................. 87 IWasSadToday .............................. 88 UndercutLip ................................ 89 InkWell Crushes Frost . 90 Cat’sFeet .................................. 91 SpringDrains................................ 92 First Home Then Everywhere . 93 SomeTales ................................. 94 ManJoyandWoman ............................ 95 WeepingTime................................ 96 TooMuchDrift............................... 97 SleepNow.................................. 98 BikeStop .................................. 99 Griebnitzsee . 100 Oh Well, InkWell . 101 IShot.................................... 102 TooTired.................................. 103 TonightorElse ............................... 104 CONTENTS iv All I Deserve . 105 Boatman................................... 106 PentucketHalls............................... 107 CrimeAgainstLobster ........................... 108 WhyHim? ................................. 109 ToaStoppingPlace............................. 110 Bad Lecture and Questions . 111 The Question Angered Me . 112 Merrimac Nights . 113 InkWell Learning New Things . 114 InkWell to the Rescue . 115 BeMyBaby................................. 116 EndButton ................................. 117 WhatIsFiction ............................... 118 MyYearlyWalk............................... 119 I Found Her There . 120 IsShe .................................... 121 As Whittier Might Think . 122 A Great There . 123 What Is It About Amesbury? . 124 LongAway ................................. 125 SoonButNotYet.............................. 126 NotOneGrainofSelfPity ......................... 127 WowIMeanWow ............................. 128 GoodbyeWife................................ 129 Fallen Friend . 130 Crap..................................... 131 MoreWorkbytheDay ........................... 132 As Everywhere Else . 133 Never Were . 134 CosineDistance............................... 135 Onward................................... 136 WaitingForHome ............................. 137 Hacking................................... 138 Don’t Think Twice . 139 ChangingPasswords ............................ 140 AlongtheTimeWays............................ 141 LookHere.................................. 142 CONTENTS v BornintheUSA .............................. 143 CarelessandSloppy............................. 144 DullHaiku ................................. 145 Romantic Daydream . 146 ColdCity/WarmNight .......................... 147 Citation................................... 148 Chicago or America . 149 Recursive .................................. 150 LearnHard ................................. 151 GrassandRiver............................... 152 FarNorthandTwo ............................. 153 WayUp................................... 154 Northof................................... 155 SadEcho .................................. 156 ASlowVibrato ............................... 157 Burson.................................... 158 Finest .................................... 159 Looping................................... 160 Every .................................... 161 Move .................................... 162 Insight.................................... 163 After the French . 164 Potsdam and Outside . 165 SlowBusComing.............................. 166 ISitHereAlone............................... 167 AgainstWeapons .............................. 168 HoytHill .................................. 169 Times? Metric Kerning? . 170 Riverside................................... 171 MyEars................................... 172 At The Wedding Bench . 173 At Thai . 174 Math Marriage . 175 TodayWarmDay.............................. 176 Frozen Wireless . 177 Mink .................................... 178 CobblerBrookTrail............................. 179 After Home . 180 CONTENTS vi ParrotLove ................................. 181 AllToEnd ................................. 182 BytheBuoy................................. 183 InFrontOfSchool ............................. 184 Repair/Retire ............................... 185 IMadeIt!.................................. 186 Ugly Coincidence . 187 Watching .................................. 188 Dallas.................................... 189 MainFieldWithWind ........................... 190 NowtheWind ............................... 191 InATown.................................. 192 NorthEnd.................................. 193 Pairs..................................... 194 Calories in Potsdam . 195 Penny? . 196 Forum Pix . 197 HotelForum ................................ 198 NarrowAlleys................................ 199 WakingtotheHotel ............................ 200 Ugh ..................................... 201 HotLong .................................. 202 WhatDoWeKnow? ............................ 203 SheIsNotMine............................... 204 On The See . 205 On The Fly . 206 EveryStep.................................. 207 SadGirl................................... 208 NoseBlow.................................. 209 MyMother ................................. 210 SittingUpAllNight ............................ 211 Dead-like Ill . 212 LookingFor................................. 213 Legends................................... 214 Bad Temper . 215 AFamily................................... 216 RoadFear.................................. 217 Brazil . 218 CONTENTS vii Mineko ................................... 219 SeemsWeMeet............................... 220 ArrangedToFail .............................. 221 Flint..................................... 222 OneMore.................................. 223 IFreaked