She sits at the desk
Books sprawled around her, spines up
Like prized animal pelts on display
And she fumbles for hours through pages
Of inked formulas, rigid diagrams, and what is
The speed of light minus a heartbeat.
She doesn’t know.
But she knows that somewhere in the universe,
A star has devoured itself and left the cosmos
Tingling.
These implosions, rebirths, twinkle toes and
stardust are falling into Jupiter’s
non-existent craters and
While the planets careen in their orbits
stardust are falling into Jupiter’s
non-existent craters and
While the planets careen in their orbits
tossed by the force of unfathomable hands
she sits in a darkened room
studying the laws of motion.
she sits in a darkened room
studying the laws of motion.
JULIE CHEN
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