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Senryū: ḑ̴̞͛̒ā̤̓̍͘r̴̨̦͕̝ḳ̯͍̑ͦ ḿ̬̏ͤͅā̤̓̍͘t̲̂̓ͩ̑t̲̂̓ͩ̑ẹ̿͋̒̕r̴̨̦͕̝

҉𖤓

Dark matter whispers

"Though I can't see you

And I can't feel you, you're there"

⁂☪︎

Cosmic hide and seek

Dark matter always wins, yet

Never takes credit

༄𖠰

Universe expands

Dark matter plays puppeteer

Stars dance on its strings

᯽✾

Galactic weighing

Scale groans under unseen mass

Dark matter giggles

࿐⚡︎

Physicist's lament

"Dark matter, oh dark matter

Why won't you show up?"

෴𖤛

Invisible glue

Holding galaxies intact

Cosmic duct tape reigns

❃𖠑

Dark matter dating

"Seeking visible partner

For gravity play"

௵𖢇

Universe's gift

Wrapped in darkness, tied with strings

Theory can't untie

𖢠𐀔

Cosmic lost and found

"Missing: most of existence

If seen, please return"

☬𖠑

Dark matter musings

"To be or not to be seen

That is the questions

᯾Ꙭ

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Honeygloom's avatar

So good!!! I love this personification of a cosmic trickster. So cool🖤

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Thea Wood's avatar

First, this is beautiful in spirit and presentation. Second, how did you do those cool font effects and emojis? They are lovely!

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erniet's avatar

Dedicated to Thomas Kuhn

Anomalies build

When theories are flawed. Prepare

For paradigm shift...

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Honeygloom's avatar

Very cool guy!! I had to look him up, it like reading literature criticism theory, which I always kind of liked.

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erniet's avatar

Yeah, dark matter seems like a "fudge factor" to me...there's all this unaccounted-for mass so let's just add the number to our equations and call it dark matter!🫤

It means there's something wrong with our theories...

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Honeygloom's avatar

Like when you show up to an address but there’s nothing there, it’s not a dark house, it’s the wrong address.

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MS Rivera's avatar

Your substance and mine

Together for eons, but

I’ll never know you

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Honeygloom's avatar

So tragic! I hope we get to know it some day🖤

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K.M. Bennett's avatar

Everything has an

opposite counterpart, so

who is your dark side?

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Honeygloom's avatar

Ooo nice! I think i am my dark side😜

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A.P. Murphy's avatar

What is regret? Does it have mass?

What is sadness? Where's its gravity?

Sad regrets weigh heavy on us.

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Honeygloom's avatar

Oh man, dark matters indeed. Is this what we’ve filled the universe up with? I love this🖤

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K.M. Bennett's avatar

I like this. Poignant.

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A.P. Murphy's avatar

Thanks very much

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Songsterfunsterhamster's avatar

When you realise

The gothic universal

Then darkness is all

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Honeygloom's avatar

😍I love this!!!! So perfect, well done🖤

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A.C. Cargill, Author's avatar

Dark and deep and mute

No word, no thought escapes

My brain holds all close

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Honeygloom's avatar

This is so lovely and dark. We have these places I’d imagine, where we hide the dark matters. Very cool🖤

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Richard Blaisdell's avatar

Dark matter has opposite.

That light shines through

The holes it penetrates.

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Honeygloom's avatar

Interesting! Has me picturing dappled light through a tree. Cool image🖤

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Richard Blaisdell's avatar

Like a knot hole?

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Theresa Greene's avatar

Where were you last night?

I had your dinner waiting

Answer me or else!

Dark matters

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Honeygloom's avatar

Very dark indeed, and very evocative, well done🖤

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ClownWorld Shakespeare's avatar

Free from watchful eyes

Nothing matters in the dark

No evidence found

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Honeygloom's avatar

Oh very cool! A little murder and mayhem in the dark? I love it🖤

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

When that box opened,

Is this what flew out, and now,

Can't be put back in...? 😎

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Honeygloom's avatar

Pandora’s dark matter??? Fantastic! I love this 🖤

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

Thanks! Yes, she's back again, clutching her box like a 'Deal or No Deal' player. Haha... 😎

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

It's another callback to an earlier prompt! Haha... 😎

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Kerry Sutherland's avatar

your secret nature

refuses all form, and yet

gravity compels

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Thea Wood's avatar

First. This is beautiful. Second. How do you get all those cool font effects in there?

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erniet's avatar

Yes!😂

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Honeygloom's avatar

Hello! Glad you came to join us! Lovely haiku!

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