Equilibrium

October, 1993

EquilibriumPlayboy's College Fiction Contest WinnerColumbia UniversityI am living with a woman as strong as a nightclub bouncer. She lifts her weights and does her dances with hell-bent intensity. She takes her morning coffee coal black and chases it with a juice mix: light on the mango, heavy on the lime, straight from the blender. She is up by six A.m. at the latest, donning her tight black jogging bra with the turquoise straps, contorting herself into various positions to stretch out. She lea...