sort614 Sisterest Cat (pdf, 2023)

¶ This is a collection of poems/verses/lyrics/whatever written to, about, for, and/or inspired by my sister, Megen. It's also dedicated to her, with love and apology. (And in fact contains an apology, which begins on numbered page 187/pdf page 199. So in the unlikely event she reads the book, she should start there; everyone else should finish there.) ¶ This pdf is or should be the same as the one used to make the paperback version of this book; it's not formatted for any particular screen. In other words, it's for printing out or reading on a laptop/desktop. *_The print's too small to be practical for an e-reader or phone._* ¶ Like all or nearly all my books, this contains so-called explicit content: I always tick the box for warning people of that, but sometimes it doesn't take, so I'm also telling you here. ¶ As always with pdfs of my books, if this isn't free (as in beer, but as in speech too), something went wrong. Should be free. ¶ The actual date of first availablity is July 31, 2023. This revised version was first available in May, 2024 (I won't say the exact date because it’s Megen’s fiftieth. Happy birthday, Sis.), and publicly available June 9th. ¶ The cover art is called _Sonograph: “My Earliest Memories”_; it’s a sonograph of her voice which I mucked about with till it fit the required dimensions and looked pretty. ¶ Among others, contains these pieces: The Apology ’73 Beetle AAV 4,5,&8–19 Amnion, Twins Cauling in Darkness Become As You Are Birdsong Song Brushstrokes in Blue The Cattest of Cats Who Weren’t All of That Chains (Gothlines3) Untitled contrafactum for the Mercury Cougar Declaim Leigh Hunt’s “Jenny Kiss’d Me” Dream in Blue #59: Carroll’s Linen Fire Flashes For Mr. Manny Resto The Girl in the Dress Hands Held Up, Thumbpad to Thumbpad, Nails to Nails Happy Birthday, One Day Early The Immutable Laws of Celestial Mechanics Into Something Else Entirely It Means Wound January Rain The Jonestown Survivor and the Koala Muppet Letter Revere Ma io mi ricordo, Christina Odometry Official Portrait Out to Sea Please don’t yell ’snot my story… (Sketchlines #3) The Promise Proven Algorithm Verse #15 Rafting on to Lowellville The Re-constructed Ninth Regarding the Two Witches I’ve Known Well Samhain Fire The Second Law of Thermogoddamnics Sketchlines #1 Sketchlines #2 Things I Don't Want To Say to My Sister, but Would Die To Be Able To Say to My Sister Time-travel Poems #11(PAV 11)&15 To a Muted Background of Beethoven untitled gappy lines Wind