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seam Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award seam TARFIA FAIZULLAH Crab Orchard Review & Southern Illinois University Press Carbondale Copyright © 2014 by Tarfia Faizullah All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 17 16 15 14 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. Editor of the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry: Jon Tribble Judge for the 2013 First Book Award: Chad Davidson Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Faizullah, Tarfia. [Poems. Selections] Seam / Tarfia Faizullah. pages cm. — (Crab Orchard Series in Poetry) ISBN 978-0-8093-3325-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 0-8093-3325-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8093-3326-4 (ebook) ISBN 0-8093-3326-0 (ebook) I. Title. PS3606.A39A6 2013 811'.6—dc23 2013028019 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. in memory of Tangia ...