Rick Belden - Iron Man Family Outing

Iron Man Family Outing

Table of Contents

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introduction (excerpt)

part one: life behind this mask
    little iron man
    god at eleven
    love leaves hole
    dad I got
    penguins
    smarts
    telegram
    I want
    ibm

part two: hungry wounds
    black noise
    half-life
    pleasureland
    hooked
    safe sexx confession
    red monk
    one more time
    another fact of life

part three: dance of the unloved child
    alone with her
    good
    mother junkie
    winter on the way
    spike jam
    fused at the wound
    romance death rattle
    doorway
    yo-yo
    ice house

part four: iron man dreams
    real father
    curiosity shop
    gift
    judge
    crazy armor
    self-defense
    puffy iron mama

    frustration sequence
    another face
    role model
    athena

part five: shadowland
    fear zone
    alone again
    lunatic son
    fever wheels
    senseless
    x-ray barbeque
    harpies
    red meat head games
    disconnected

part six: the unclaimed soul
    water long gone
    elephant dream
    charley horse
    plastic bones
    plow my heart
    hoofbeats
    close to it
    bridge to gate
    touch the water
    pearls
    grief
    decision time again
 
part seven: hints of daylight
    starfall
    difficult
    brown-eyed boy
    wounded man detection device
    body memory
    acceptance
    learning to breathe
    release
    easter
    autonomy
    x-it wound
    listen . . .