Noir & glitz. Why my poems arrive wearing black gloves -- To Johnny Weir on I Love You, I Hate You -- Portrait as bougainvillea gone derelict over chain link -- On Marion Cotillard's 2008 Oscar dress -- Derby hats -- To Carolina Kostner on Boléro -- Lemons in August -- To Hieronymus Bosch -- The roses -- The Bar suit -- Watching Morse on Endeavor -- Lady with glove -- Portrait as demilune console with marquetry -- Why my poems end on fire -- Wolf behind the saint. Why my poems turn forensic -- Winter landscape with skaters and bird trap -- After a line by Montaigne -- Idée fixe -- Not the ghost of a rose -- Girl I can't bring back -- Dear X -- Chysanthemums -- Watching Freddie Lyon in The Hour -- Omens -- Tangelo -- Portrait as Latin American Film Festival Entry No. 37 -- Horoscope: earth horse -- Why my poems refuse daylight -- In the director's cut. Why my poems love verdigris on a mansard roof -- Walking down Millionaire's Row -- Young lady with gloves -- Alternate lives -- Desideratum -- To my Chinese emigrant mother who asks how much do you weigh now every time she calls -- Things I never told you -- Welcome to our learning farm... -- On the failures of plot -- Portrait as Fata Morgana -- Paradise is a bullet train -- Kissing booth -- Why my poems jump speed rope -- Notes -- About the author -- Acknowledgements.