“Buffalo Bill’s adventures and Salgari’s voyages carried me far into the world of dreams. My first loves, the purest ones, found expressions in letters to Blanca Wilson, the blacksmith’s daughter.”
–P. Neruda
A HOMEMADE EDUCATION
TUMBLING BACKWARD
THE CHRISTENING
A WOMAN CRYING
THE RIFLE
THE ONE AND ONLY
WILLIE
THE REINS
INTERDICTION
PLAYMATES
THE FIT
ODYSSEUS AT TOMBSTONE
UNDRESSING ANNIE
FIRE-MAKING
YOUR ACTUAL FIRE
COL. W. F. CODY IN THE SADDLE
CLAIM
BUFFALO DANCE MOON
LETTER: DEAR CAP. JACK
SOME GHOST DANCING
BUFFALO BILL THE CONSUMER
THE SLUG
LETTER: DEAR BILL, WHEN I THINK ACT OF LOVE
STANDING ROCK RESERVATION
BILL TURNS ASIDE FROM ANNIE AND SAYS AN 18-SYLLABLE HAIKU
BILL THE GEOGRAPHER
LETTER: DEAR BILL, MY DEAR BILL
BILL GIVES ANNIE A FULL BOX OF CARTRIDGES
BUFFALO BILL AND THE SILK LASSO
THE WAY TO CODY, WYOMING
ANNIE STUDIES
THE RECEPTIVE
THE BUFFALO THE LESSON
BILL TRACKS THE CAT
BILL CONFESSES THE ATTRACTION OF OPPOSITES
DEAR ANNIE
DEAR BILL
TWO MORE DIALOGUES
THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD SPIKE
LETTER: DEAR BILL, IT’S BEEN THREE MONTHS SOMETIMES
LETTER: DEAR ANNIE, IF I POINT
BUFFALO BILL’S WILD WEST THE REALITY OF IMPERISHABLE DREAMS
CROSSINGS
NO.4 DREAM IN THE BUFFALO EYE ART GALLERY
LETTER: MY ANNIE. NEW YEAR’S DAY
LETTER: MY DEAR OLD BILL
ENTRY SEPTEMBER 12, 1897
LETTER: DEAR BILL, YOUR LETTER
TWO CONVERSATIONS AND A SONG
BILL IS HAPPIER THAN HE WILL EVER BE AGAIN
LETTER: DEAR MISSIE
THE NORTH PLATTE RANCH
WHAT HAPPENED
COVENANT
THE RETURN
BUFFALO WALLOW
DISTANCE TRAVELLED 63,000 MILES OR NEARLY THREE TIMES AROUND THE GLOBE
A NEW TERRITORY
THE JOURNEY
LETTER: FRIEND LOVE BILL
ANNIE INVITES HER SOUL
WHAT WE MADE OF IT
BILL POSES AS A GEOGRAPHER AND BRAGGART
BILL AGAIN BUFFALOS LONG-DEAD
LET IT SPEAK
LETTER: DEAR ANNIE, I WRITE REGARDS
AN OLD MAN WITH A SWOLLEN PROSTATE
BILL SAYS
HEAD ON
INTERMEDIATE STATE: DESIRE
TOP GUN ANNIE BY THE STARS