Table of Contents
Hunting Girliness 5
Stained Skin 8
Muslim Girl with White Guys, Ending at the Edge of a Ridge 10
Recognized Language 12
Etymology of Hair 14
Shaytan Sneaks Bites of My Tuna Sandwich 16
Muslim with Dog 18
Dream Interpretation [Apricot] 20
Pig Flesh 21
Portrait of This Country 24
When People Are Cursed 27
Feast, Beginning w/ a Kissed Blade 29
Hunger Wraps Himself 33
Guide to Gardening Your Roots 36
Operation Restoring Hope 40
Yemen Rising as Poorest Country in the World 43
Coffee Arabica as a Maelstrom of Endless Aftershocks 45
The Snapping Turtles in Ta'iz Have Beards 48
Dream Interpretation [Fox] 50
At the summit, he finds a nest 51
Hidden Bombs in My Coochie 55
Home Security After 9/11 58
My President Asks Me about Redemption 61
Heritage Emissary 65
I Thicken the Room w/ Dim Mirrors & an Altar of Aliens, Waiting for a Sign 67
My Father Finds Home through the Birds 69
Dream Interpretation [Sea] 72
After Running Away from Another Marriage Proposal 73
I Crack an Egg 75
Middle Eastern Music 78
Please Take Off Your Shoes Before Entering 80
And That Fast, You're Thinking about Their Bodies 83
Why I Am Silent about the Lament 84
Catasterism 85
When White Boys Ask to See My Hair 88
Ode to Bodega Cats 89
Notes 93
Acknowledgments 97
