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Sand Opera - Philip Metres
© 2015 by Philip Metres
All rights reserved
Alice James Books are published by Alice James Poetry Cooperative, Inc., an affiliate of the University of Maine at Farmington.
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eISBN: 978-1-938584-23-7
Cover art: I am Baghdad II
courtesy of Ayad Alkadhi and Leila Heller Gallery New York
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright
Note to the Reader
Illumination of the Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew
I. abu ghraib arias
The Blues of Lane McCotter
(echo /ex/): In the name of God…
Searching the Koran (Standard Operating Procedure)
(echo /ex/): "In