What Moon Rabbit Reads

by Mary Soon Lee

Lunar history, selenography,
Apollo program documentation,
that which is known and actual

         counterpoint to his own self,
         a soft-eared furry fellow
         faint on the Moon's face.

Chants, hymns, sacred texts,
the ritual, the spiritual
to serve the Moon goddess:

         she, Chang'e, his compass,
         his purpose, who requisitions
         all he mixes in his mortar.

Pharmaceutics, recipe books,
guides practical and factual
for any bunny with a pestle—

         a bunny far from his burrow,
         hoarding messages from home,
         the small doings of his kin.

Mary Soon Lee was born and raised in London, but has lived in Pittsburgh for thirty years. She is a Grand Master of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association and a three-time winner of both the AnLab Readers’ Award and the Rhysling Award. Her latest book is How to Navigate Our Universe, containing how-to astronomy poems. Website: marysoonlee.com.