A Fold of Sun by Magdalena Zurawski

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend June 21, 2016   A Fold of Sun   Magdalena Zurawski

We decided I should go alone on foot. I      would find him in the pharmacy. If         he said ‘In the head of God all propositions        have existed      always,’ we would make      the exchange.   He was standing      in front of the       calamine lotion.   He spoke to the air. I slipped    the envelope into   his pocket and     bought a topical       analgesic to   avoid suspicion.        When I left, I             had a face        again, could open an account, drink           coffee in the   sun. On the street two      women talked       of money. I paid them   no mind. I      could now always        walk with my light   to the front.              Copyright © 2016 Magdalena Zurawski. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem   “‘A Fold of Sun’ resulted from reading Assata Shakur’s autobiography while I had a bad case of poison ivy. The poem pilfers some lines from a broken poem that collaged lines from Samuel Delany’s Dhalgren and is part of a trio that came about while I was reading and thinking about what it would mean to truly be a political revolutionary.” —Magdalena Zurawski   Magdalena Zurawski is the author of Companion Animal (Litmus Press, 2015). She teaches at the University of Georgia and lives in Athens, Georgia.      Poetry by Zurawski   Companion Animal (Litmus Press, 2015)  "Yesterday" by W. S. Merwin "The Lioness" by Adrienne Rich "Sharks in the Rivers" by Ada Limón Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038