Ghazal for the Men I Once Was --
Reza's Restaurant, Chicago, 1997 --
There Are 7,000 Living Languages --
I Wouldn't Even Know What to Do with a Third Chance --
In the Language of Mammon --
There Is No Such Thing as an Accident of the Spirit --
Forfeiting My Mystique --
Against the Parts of Me That Think They Know Anything --
How to Say the Impossible Thing --
Despite My Efforts Even My Prayers Have Turned into Threats --
Ghazal for a National Emergency --
Reading Farrokhzad in a Pandemic --
Famous Americans and Why They Were Wrong --
