In the Absence of Clocks

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Copyright © 2013 by Jacob Shores-Arguello All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 16 15 14 13 4 3 2 1 The Crab Orchard Series in Poetry is a joint publishing venture of Southern Illinois University Press and Crab Orchard Review. This series has been made possible by the generous support of the Office of the President of Southern Illinois University and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Editor: Jon Tribble Open Competition Award Judge for 2011: Yusef Komunyakaa frontispiece: map of Ukraine, copyright © Matt Bollinger Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Shores-Arguello, Jacob. In the absence of clocks / Jacob Shores-Arguello. p. cm. — (Crab Orchard Series in Poetry) ISBN-13: 978-0-8093-3103-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8093-3103-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-8093-3104-8 (ebook) ISBN-10: 0-8093-3104-7 (ebook) I. Title. PS3619.H6657I5 2012 811'.6—dc23 2012011123 Printed on recycled paper. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48-1992. For my mother and my father ...