The Hippopotamus Book

	If I Ever	11
	In the Woods	13
	Sketch of a Farewell	15
	Istria	17
	New House	19
	The Public and the Private	21
	Leaving	23
	Bird Trap	25
	Sad Puns	27
	Relatching a Trunk	29
	American Suite	31
	Study Mathematics!	35
	Ending Vacations	37
	Niagara Chic	39
	I Live Thirty Meters from the Ground	41
	Have I Ever Found	43
	If Not for	45
	In Romagna	47
	A Doubt	49
	If This Is It...	51
	San Martino	53
	The I and the Not I	55
	A Soft Swamp Wood	57
	When I Think of My Mother	59
	A Visit to Caleppio	61
	Implosion	63
	City and Bridge	67
	Clouds	69
	Travelers	71
	Arcimboldi	73
	Wire	75
	The Cape	77
	I Was Following Your Trip	79
	The Metaphysical Streetcar Conductor	81
	The Hippopotamus	83
	La Vida Es...	87
	The Snail	91
	Irreversibility	93
	Which Planet?	95
	Which Milan?	97
	Elsewhere	99
	Motus in Fine Velocior	101
	Self-Portrait	103
	Afterword	107