Sundial
Scratch, scratch of the sponge
on cast iron. Suds crackle,
softness hugs my neck, glimmers
at the periphery. My hands perform
in the sink’s deep
shadow-well, and light,
so much light,
falls on my lids. Should I
lift them now
I’d stare into the sun
this precise hour in March.
I don’t know if
I love its brilliant warmth
more than that it can be
so easily forgotten
it’s new again, new
each time I stand in it.
Burgi Zenhaeusern (she/her) is the author of the chapbook Behind Normalcy (CityLit Press 2020), winner of the Harriss Poetry Prize. She co-edited the translations of the poetry anthology Knocking on the Door of the White House (Zozobra Publishing, 2017, J. Ballesteros et al., editor). Her work appears in Moist Poetry Journal, Seneca Review, Diagram, Zone 3, Oversound, and elsewhere. She is a poetry reader/consultant for River Mouth Review.
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