News from Down to the Cafe: New Poems Book

	Wayburne Pig	3
	The Wayburne Team	13
	Rhapsody for the Good Night: Christmas Eve	21
	Sonora Portable Music Master (Made in the United States of America) 55 to 500 Kilocycles Table Model	30
	Labor	36
	Blow	40
	Song E. U. Washburn Heard Sung to Tommy Malouf from the Cummings Plot	49
	Sonata in Red	50
	Burn	52
	Righteous	58
	The Relic	60
	The Legend of the Monster in Two Draw	65
	Song E. U. Washburn Heard the Mockingbird Sing Near the Grave of Janie Grace Gosset	75
	Stranger	76
	Private Conversation Overheard from the Booths: Eulogy After the Fact, or Reflections on a Gift from a Magus	78
	The Fish	82
	Land: Overheard Coffeecounter Conversation between Charlie Parks and Tommy Minor	92
	A Hymn for Pearl	93
	A Tale of Ignorance, Stupidity, and Cold Beer without Moderation	98
	E. U. Washburn's Story: Uncle Abe	108
	Housedogs	112
	Classified	114
	Conversation Overheard from a Back Booth on a Tuesday Afternoon After a Weekend Storm	115
	The Twenty-One Gun Salute	117
	Slow	124
	Song E. U. Washburn Heard While Tending Roses over the Grave of Philemon and Baucis Rojas	131
	Old	133
	Epilogue Scribbled on Four Napkins and One Line on the Palm of a Hand While Sitting in a Back Booth with E. U. Washburn	139
	About the Author	145