NAPOWRIMO Day 22: The Sun Rises in the West

The sun can’t rise in the west, they say
Yet, I saw this very thing happen one day

Near the South Pole
Flying faster than the earth rotates its axis
Because every single hour
The earth rotates 15 degrees

And every 24 hours the sun shines
At the same angle and location
Flying westbound after sunset
I caught up with the sun

~Just L (April 22, 2018)

Author’s Note: Prompt – Take one of the following statements of something impossible, and then write a poem in which the impossible thing happens:

The sun can’t rise in the west.

A circle can’t have corners.

Pigs can’t fly.

The clock can’t strike thirteen.

The stars cannot rearrange themselves in the sky.

A mouse can’t eat an elephant.