Equinox

By Yoon Ha Lee

The word itself

acknowledges the tilted

balance, the

fundamental

inequality. The shapes

that move at night

outweigh the day's

clean lines and

angles; the figments

feasting on our

dreams surface

when the sun's arc

hangs suspended,

waiting, dividing

the hours into

two mismatched

halves.


Yoon Ha Lee's poetry has previously appeared in Star*Line and The Magazine of Speculative Poetry. She uses her husband, an astrophysics doctoral candidate, shamelessly as a resource, and thinks everyone should have a pet physicist. You can see more of her work on her website, http://pegasus.cityofveils.com, or send her email at requiescat@cityofveils.com.