Misery's Autograph
Contents
1 Surge 3
2 Terrible Incognito 5
3 Breakers 6
4 Swimming Under Flags 7
5 Gone Away 11
6 Mary & Joes 12
7 Absurd Delusions 14
8 Gazintas 16
9 The Deep Water Committee 17
10 Doppler Effect 19
11 Smashed 21
12 Flying 22
13 Of Typhoons and Tea Cups 23
14 Swell 24
15 How It Was Meant To Be 25
16 Tenacity 26
17 The Orphans 27
18 Poseidon's Nymph 29
19 Crawling Upon Water 30
20 Monumental 32
21 Pier 21 33
22 Save Maggie 36
23 Dirge Surf 38
24 Away By the Sea 39
25 In the Wake of the Wrestling Tides 40
26 Orphan Burial 41
27 A Slurry of Grit in the Teeth 42
28 Blasphemy and Prayers 43
29 Things the Dead Don't Know 45
30 Replacements 46
31 Masks 47
32 BOI 49
33 Silent History 50
34 Rip Rap 52
35 Devil's Tourists 55
36 Hearts Sodden with Grief 56
37 Toss Ups 57
38 Angels On A String 59
39 Usually 60
40 A Girl 61
41 A Man thinks While He Works 63
42 To The Unknown Who Perished 64
43 Half A Step Back 66
44 Burial of the Missing 68
45 The Saddest Thing god Has Ever Done to this Country 70
Surge (2000-1900)
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Misery
PoetryPoetry inspired by a study of the 1900 hurricane in Galveston , Texas. It is the worst natural disaster in US history. wiping out the island as a commercial capital, sailing port and railroad hub. It was an unnamed storm, having struck before the...
