This poem was not published until 1986, when it was included in the “Atthis” section of Left Out in the Rain. The poem read here is identical to the published version except for the last four lines. See Left Out in the Rain, p. 26, for variant lines.

POEMS FROM LEFT OUT IN THE RAIN (1986)
“You’ve Gone Cold, I suppose…”
“Lines on a Carp (for an Apocalypse)”
“The Lookouts”
“Epistemological Fancies”
“Poem Left in Sourdough Mountain Lookout”
“Under the Skin of It”
“Numerous Broken Eggs”