- The astrophysicist
sings karaoke on the first date dances in freezeframes
likes my haircalls me on a Thursday
went to CalTechdoesn't read
obsesses over dark matter
makes bitter coffeemakes me laugh
is a Warren Zevon songa Vancouver fog
a misty reflectiona steady hand
smarter than you
bends me overfucks me in two
and the universe expands [End Page 91]
Lenea Grace is the author of A Generous Latitude (ECW Press, 2018) and her work has appeared in The Walrus, Best New Poets, The Malahat Review, The Fiddlehead, and elsewhere. Lenea is the 2017 winner of The Walrus Poetry Prize Readers' Choice Award for her poem "Echo". She lives in Gibsons, British Columbia.