Contents

Part I: Cusp

I watch the bees slow down the summer

Afterwards

Julia’s Party

After the Funeral

The Running Light of Stones

Cusp

Hold on to the sky

Vernal

Easter

The Lamb he did sing

Smiling for the Camera

Making Peace

Dreaming the Dead

Letters from the Peninsula

The Colour of Lilac

Inquiry

Turn

Ending

Possessions

News

Owl Ear

Assassin

Crocodile

Disembarking from the 8.09

Physician

Moving House

The Assistant’s Confession

Faith

Benjamin’s Pool

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