Later we will laugh shake moonlightbroff our clothes like ash.brbrFor now we stare at the clock. Thebrday wears, tired as mechanism.br--from iUndarkibrbrbriUndark An Oratorioi is the highly anticipated second collection from Sandy Pool, whose debut book of poetry iExploding into Nighti Guernica, 2009 was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for poetry in 2010.brbrIn the early 1900s, thousands of women between the ages of 11 and 45 were employed painting glow-in-the-dark watch faces in factories across North America. Several years after leaving the plant, the dial painters developed mysterious medical conditions. These included complete necrosis of the jaw, severe anemia, intense arthritic like pains, and spontaneous bone fractures. Though clearly ailing from the use of radium based paint, the women were intentionally misdiagnosed as having syphilis. Many women died in shame before ever receiving compensation.brbrSandy Pool's second book, iUndark An Oratorioi, is equal parts dra