The twenty-ninth year

Truth

Transcend

The female of the species

Dirty girl

Armadillo

Gospel: Texas

Halfway to July

The socratic method

Oklahoma

1999

Gospel: Rumi

New Year

The worst ghosts

Telling the story right

Call me to prayer

Gospel: Beirut

Nineteen in retrograde

Pray like you mean it

Not a mosque

You're not a girl in a movie

Step one: admit powerlessness

Tattler

Common ancestors

Chaos theory

Honeymoon

When I bit into the plum the ants flooded out

Instructions for a wife

Gospel: newlyweds

Gospel: insomnia

The temperance (XIV) card

Even when I listen, I'm lying

Step eight: make amends

A love letter to my panic // A love letter to my husband

I'm not speaking first

Step four: moral inventory

Either I'm coming back or I'm not

Unmarried

The honest wife

Turnpike // Ghost

Self-portrait with no more wine

Step two: higher power

Gospel: Diaspora

Wife in reverse

Heirloom

I can't tell which haircut in the photograph is me

Can I apologize now?

Ordinary scripture

Dear Layal,

On the death of WWE professional wrestler Chyna

Cliffhanger

Aleppo

Upstate I

Upstate II

Thirty

Acknowledgments.