Some of the light. -- Endling -- Refraction #1 -- Father of clarity -- A basic understanding -- Refraction #2 -- Single parent soliloquy (& the joy of kites) -- This city -- Refraction #3 -- Self portait at 46 -- Time capsule -- Limerence -- Unqualified poem -- Refraction #4 -- Settling -- Sandalwood -- Salvador -- Poet's return -- Refraction #5 -- Hometown ode -- Ish -- Tik tok -- Brown lotus (a performance) -- Her majesty's last stand -- Variations on This Land -- Refractions #6 -- Sleepless nights (Thich Nhat Hanh is dying) -- A grocery store -- Talk (talisman for Salvador) -- Natural takeover of small things. -- Home -- Brown Christ -- Day Johnny Tapia died on my sidewalk -- Undelivered postcards to Lydia -- San Joaquin sutra -- Natural takeover of small things -- Instructions for the alter -- Flying parallel -- My name is Hernandez -- Adios, Fresno -- Culture of flow. -- Culture of flow -- How to get to the San Joaquin River -- Skin tax. -- Mama's boy -- I rub my hands -- I arrive late -- I pissed on Little Ricky -- Perched on the face -- If I could tell you -- Enter madrugada -- I'm going to put Virgil down -- When young Andres.