Seventeen

Because of the infinite multitude of simple substances
There are, as it were, just as many different universes
Which are, nevertheless, only perspectives on a single one"
G.w. Leibniz

There are 2 worlds and 2 worlds only
But the plane between them counts as 1
From the sides, dim and twice as many
Mark my words 8 and 8 and 1 will be
The magic number, 17

Whatever these words may mean, the omen is upon us
The gypsy read our blood red dusk