The Shine Of It by Susan Kay Anderson
I like to see the shine of it
Just when it is there on the ring
With all the others
Even though someone else
Gave it to me
Still
It sits there waiting
To open something difficult
Something untidy
Susan Kay Anderson lives in the Umpqua River Basin in Oregon; a watershed system originating at Lemolo Lake and the Clearwater River. Finishing Line Press published her first book of poems, Mezzanine, in 2019, and Please Plant This Book Coast To Coast, Virginia Brautigan Aste's memoir, in 2021.