Never odd or eveN

Illustration by Sir John Tenniel (1820 – 1914) 

from Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) by Lewis Carroll

Antimatter

by Russell Edson

On the other side of a mirror there’s an inverse world, where the insane go sane; where bones climb out of the earth and recede to the first slime of love. 

And in the evening the sun is just rising. 

Lovers cry because they are a day younger, and soon childhood robs them of their pleasure. 

In such a world there is much sadness which, of course, is joy . . .

“Antimatter” from The Childhood of an Equestrian (Harper & Row, 1973). Reprinted in The Tunnel: Selected Poems (Oberlin College Press, 1994) © Russell Edson

from Poetry Foundation

"In my next life I want to live my life backwards. You start out dead and get that out of the way. Then you wake up in an old people's home feeling better every day. You get kicked out for being too healthy, go collect your pension, and then when you start work, you get a gold watch and a party on your first day. You work for 40 years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement. You party, drink alcohol, and are generally promiscuous, then you are ready for high school. You then go to primary school, you become a kid, you play. You have no responsibilities, you become a baby until you are born. And then you spend your last 9 months floating in luxurious spa-like conditions with central heating and room service on tap, larger quarters every day and then Voila! You finish off as an orgasm!" 

— Woody Allen (from goodreads)

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"Today, we live in a universe apparently made entirely of matter, yet at the big bang matter and antimatter would have existed in equal quantities. Nature seems to have a slight preference for matter, which allows our universe and everything in it to exist."
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