Susan Kolon

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Sunday Pilgrimage

I'm asked why I walk stop-and-go
lazy for six miles, pause eighteen
times to lift a fat orb of white
into my pocket. How I spend
five hours swinging, striking, placing,
aiming, rolling over a grassy meadow,
splashing out of a sandy beach
and into a four-inch hole. I ask why
do you congregate under rafters
and not amongst the communion
of sun and air, green and dune?

Susan Kolon is a wellness coach in her day job, and also whenever someone 'has a health question.' She holds an M.S. from Northwestern University and a B.A. from Michigan State University. Based in Chicago, you can find her work with Four Tulips Publishing, Quarter Press, AntiHeroin Chic, Stanchion Magazine, and elsewhere.