Before the Day :
sunrise over the lake,
seagull clatter, crow,
sound of glasses stacked,
restacked, metal slid
into place. Cacophony
of blossoming :
forsythia, lilac, cherry’s
pink-tipped sway.
How long has the body
refused sleep? Damp hand
of the sheet startling.
Hours
months
years?
Time moves slowly.
Before the day
body feels its way
into shape : almost risen
body almost in pain.
Andrea Scarpino is the author of the poetry collection Once, Then (Red Hen Press, 2014) and the chapbook, The Grove Behind (Finishing Line Press). She received an MFA in Creative Writing from Ohio State University and has published in numerous journals including The Cincinnati Review, Los Angeles Review, and Prairie Schooner.
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