Parity

It is little-known fact that the universe began
symmetrically
so that both sides were identical,
And developed identically on both sides as a mirror
reflecting itself,
Identical stars were born, identical planets congealed about
them,
Identical sea vents spawned identical microbes,
Identical organisms evolved over identically long aeons,

And many millions of years later a child sneaks into the
garden to train the house telescope on a patch of empty
space, entirely unaware that their identical counterpart,
billions of miles away, equally crushed by the quiet
confusion only children can feel
(confronted with so much becoming, deprived of any
personal history...)
is looking back at the exact corresponding angle,
Just as confused,
Just as ahistorical

There is no useful application for this discovery,
Except to know that a thousand star systems away you
have a perfect ally,
And whenever you are sad
you are sad twice.