Electrostatics with Dr. Lewin

After he left last night,
I resumed my affair with Walter,
the man with the egg on his shirt,
his hair pointing this way and that.
Deep into the night, I watched him
as he showed me how a touch to a
van de Graaf generator can make
balloons traverse empty
space as if on invisible tethers,
how grass seeds line up with
unseen electric fields and
the power of Gauss’ Law.
Although my boyfriend
may be jealous, I hope
he will understand.