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      Greenwald, Ted.

      [Poems. Selections]

      The age of reasons: uncollected poems 1969–1982 /

      Ted Greenwald; edited by Miles Champion.

      pages; cm

      ISBN 978-0-8195-7626-2 (pbk.) —

      ISBN 978-0-8195-7627-9 (ebook)

      I. Champion, Miles, 1968– II. Title.

      PS3557.R3968A6 2016

      811'.54 — dc23 2015031902

      5 4 3 2 1

      Cover illustration: George Schneeman, Untitled (1996), collage, 4 1/4 × 4 inches. Used by permission of Karie Schneeman and courtesy of Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York.

      TO KIT

      CONTENTS

       Editor’s Note | ix

       “man / who write” | 1

       Show and Tell | 2

       “air like art” | 5

       Poem (“at this point in history”) | 6

       A Good Night’s | 7

       “do / they / worry” | 9

       Waiting Spoon | 10

       Air | 11

       I Love You | 12

       Somebody Wants You | 14

       The Coast | 16

       Poem (“theirs”) | 18

       You | 19

       In the Meantime | 20

       It’s Asking | 21

       Sunnyside Up | 22

       There’s a Meaning | 30

       Dance | 33

       Down the Drain | 34

       Salad Days | 36

       Curtain | 37

       After | 38

       Going My Way | 39

       How Many Years Is It Now | 40

       Kiss | 41

       “I open / my eyes” | 42

       Scalp Excitement | 43

       How Is It | 44

       The Sandwich Islands | 45

       “air / joins / us” | 57

       Mufti Explodes | 58

       Delicate Petals | 59

       Everything Seems | 60

       Over the Edge | 61

       How Watchful of Passersby | 62

       Eyelids Turn | 63

       Almost Amazement | 64

       A Technical Report | 65

       Open the Window to the Soul | 68

       Aeolian Harp | 70

       Form-Fitting Hips | 72

       “clouds hang in