There used to be a wall clock in the living room
mounted on the Eastern side of our house
It had a brass frame and would glow in the late afternoon
when the sun would hit it just right
When I was young my dad told me it glowed because it was
Radioactive
I believed him for a long time
By the time I knew that it was a joke
it was too late to tell him about it
The house is still there, although
we don't live there anymore
I haven't been inside it for many years
but I bet sunsets still light up that wall
on certain afternoons
when the sun hits it just right