• The Black Automaton in tag
• Radio
• Tallahatchie lullabye, baby
• The Black Automaton in de despair ub existence #3: How can I be down?
• The Voltron communiqués
• "Spit out all bitterness"
• The Black Automaton in what it is #2: Hypertension in effizzect
• Malik considers the winter semester
• The Black Automaton in de despair ub existence #1: Up ye mighty race!!!
• Showtime in the burning city
• The Black Automaton in what it is #1: Getting off the pot
• City with fire and a gray Toyota
• Fish hook lure
• City with fire and a piece of silver
• The City vs. John Henry
• City with fire and a choir at rest
• The Black Automaton in tag
• Floodsong 1: Canal rats' chantey
• Floodsong 2: Water moccasin's spiritual
• Floodsong 3: Alligator's quiet storm
• Swimchant for nigger mer-folk
• The Black Automaton in tag
• Flotsam
• Floodsong 4: Mosquitoes' drinking ditty
• Floodsong 5: Bullfrog's liturgy of the Eucharist
• Floodsong 6: Gull's madsong
• Floodsong 7: Catfish's bounce
• Floodsong 8: Strayed dog's call &
• The Black Automaton in de despair ub existence #2: Our new day begun
• City of searchlights and dead cats
• The cruel, cruel city
• The Black Automaton in what it is #3: Work it out
• Eric visits Mr. Butler's
• Recycling the city
• The six cities
• Notes, Acknowledgments