In the plus-light world
neons rouge the sidewalk
the moon blanches the bay
and the stars tie webs
of liquid life through the up
like strings of addiction
In the minus-light world
alleys' shine pains the eyes
of knife assailants.
The sun offers black,
a hole punch wound,
escape hatch in the sky.

particle waves reach a cosmic escape velocity and at time zero shake each other's hand.

a force exerted without a medium, a cosmic voodoo