Offerings 180 Proust’s Vow 181 Dull Day 182 The White Page 183 Jules Renard’s Comparison 184 Three Stages 185 The Messages 186 Logic 187 No Signal 188 The Circuit 189 Easterly 190 VIII Four Dances The Waltz 193 The Seasons Dance 194 The Fall Dance 195 The Inspection Dance 196 IX Constructions Ovid-19 199 Blue Hydrangea 200 Two Judiths 201 Weird Sister 202 Object Theory 203 Quartz 204 Acknowledgements 207