The Iraqi Nights -- Tablets -- The Shape of the World -- The End of the World -- Three Women -- The Plane -- At the Museum -- In the Aquarium -- Second Life -- Your E-mail -- Forgotten Moon -- Iraqis and Other Monsters -- Footprints on the Moon -- The Gaze of Orpheus -- The Old Olive Tree -- A Debate -- Tears -- Song from Another Time -- An Earthquake -- A Half-Burned Page on al-Mutanabbi Street -- Personal History -- China -- Hong Kong -- Smooth Rock -- Flawchart -- Another Planet -- The Sold Parrot -- Murmurs at the Intensive Care Unit -- Choices -- Dreams -- The Drowned Man -- Other Pronouns -- Returning -- Larsa.