Sun. Jan 11th, 2026

I was just thinking about dark matter, how powerful it is, how it is the beginning of us all, the mother, the Eve, thee eve. Dark matter is undetectable, yet robustly influential on the universe and evolution, and black holes let nothing escape–not light, not stars, not galaxies. At the latter’s edge, time appears to stop and at its core, matter shrinks to infinite density and the known laws of physics break down. And I thought my mother was an overbearing and powerful mystery. You. Don’t. Know. Her.

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By Margery Hannah

Margery Hannah is a multi-genre writer and the founder and publisher of the online magazine, THE LITERARY PURVEYOR. Every raindrop has a story.