Bread Alone

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Contents

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pp. vii-ix

Preface

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pp. xi-

I wrote the poems “Confession,” “For Lorca,” “Grounded,” “Angel Flesh,” “Th e Mask Has Fallen,” and “The Feast of Sacrifice” in January 2007, soon after Saddam Hussein was hanged on Eid al-Adha. I thought of...

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pp. 1-2

SKELETAL MATTER

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The Darkest Hour

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pp. 5-

Grounded

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pp. 6-

Math Lessons

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pp. 7-

S.O.S.

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pp. 8-

Confession

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pp. 9-10

I See Only Faces

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pp. 11-

Spineless

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pp. 12-

THE NEAREST EXIT

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pp. 13-

For the Sake of a Single Word

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pp. 15-

Down and Out

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pp. 16-17

Th e Curse

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pp. 18-19

Removal of Desire

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pp. 20-

Sea Sickness (a poem in the oral tradition)

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pp. 21-

Cream to Butter

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pp. 22-

Song of Jalil

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pp. 23-

Automatic Fire

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pp. 24-

Colossal Failures

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pp. 25-

UNHOLY ACTS

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pp. 27-

The Dark History of My People

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pp. 29-

Angel Flesh

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pp. 30-31

For Lorca

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pp. 32-33

Poetry

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pp. 34-

Let the Girls Run

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pp. 35-

Outsider

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pp. 36-

Lone Mothers

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pp. 37-38

Below the Surface

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pp. 39-

“The Betrayal of Images”

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pp. 40-42

WHAT THEY HAVE DONE

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pp. 43-

Summer Attack

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pp. 45-46

The Feast of Sacrifice

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pp. 47-

Fundamental

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pp. 48-

Song of Qana

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pp. 49-

The Color Grey

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pp. 50-

The Mask Has Fallen

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pp. 51-

Love Poem

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pp. 52-

IN GOD'S NAME

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pp. 53-

In God’s Name

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pp. 55-

Persona

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pp. 56-

Wired

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pp. 57-

Hard Lessons

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pp. 58-59

Long Shelf Life

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pp. 60-61

The Fault of Silence

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pp. 62-

I Am Afraid of What Is Coming

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pp. 63-

HABITS OF THE DEAD

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pp. 65-

Song of Fall

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pp. 67-

The Color Yellow, the Color Red

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pp. 68-69

I Have Not Forgotten You

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pp. 70-71

History of Our Wars

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pp. 72-

More than She Bargained For

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pp. 73-

The Latest Cut

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pp. 74-

Birth of a Nation

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pp. 75-

UNNATURAL CAUSES

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pp. 77-

The End

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pp. 79-

Category Five

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pp. 80-

A Life of Narrow Escapes

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pp. 81-

Bread Alone

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pp. 82-83

Acting Alone

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pp. 84-

In the Confusion of Waking

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pp. 85-

EVERY SMALL DEATH

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pp. 87-

Rock Bottom

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pp. 89-90

Hello?

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pp. 91-

Miracle

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pp. 92-93

Honk If You Love

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pp. 94-

Sunday

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pp. 95-

Moving Harbor

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pp. 96-

Languedoc

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pp. 97-100

At the End of the War

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pp. 101-